Parvalorem and Parups, the two public companies that hold the Miró art collection, have told they must pay fines for the illegal export of the artwork in 2013.
The fine is reportedly €35,000 according to the General Directorate of Heritage.
Desidério Silva is not happy. As head of the Algarve region’s tourist board the last thing he needs is for members of the police to hang around the airport handing out leaflets to tourists informing them they are not safe.
This of course is exactly what is planned and Silva, as chairman of the executive committee of Tourism of the Algarve, formally has called for the National Union of Police to desist in its protest lest its actions spoil the carefully created image of safety that the Algarve has been promoting in the recent past, backed up by statistics showing this indeed is the case.
The British economy has struggled back to the high point it had attained just before the financial collapse six years ago, according to a think tank.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said "robust" growth helped the economy grow by between 1% and 1.2% in the three months to April.
With the British economy returning to health, the temptation of consumers to spend themselves into debt could again bring down the economy.
Household debt had rocketed to 170% of disposable income before the crisis. Although it receded during the years of the recession, the drop was small.
International visitors to the UK spent £21billion during the course of 2013, a jump of nearly 13% over 2012.
The number of visits also reached a record with 33 million trips to the UK from abroad, a rise of 6% over 2012.
"On the day we present the final version of the State Reform," Paulo Portas said it was "impossible for the country to have achieved better results than the existing ones."
In a keynote speech today, Portas said it was the government’s duty to not make the same mistakes as had been made in 2011.
Portugal’s Judicial Police is investigating a wave of fraudulent activity where cyber-crooks have duped PayPal customers into revealing their account details.
Seemingly genuine emails are being sent to Portuiguese PayPal account holders asking for personal data, claiming that their account is locked.
Praia da Rocha, Três Castelos, Vau, Alvor Nascente - Três Irmãos and Alvor Poente, as well as Marina de Portimão give the struggling municipality of Portimão every chance of a good summer as all of the council's beaches have gained coveted Blue Flag status.
The beaches have satisfied stringent criteria including information and environmental education, water quality, environmental management and equipment, as well as security and allied services.
