The Justice Minister Paula Teixeira da Cruz claimed today that she could produce a 15% increase in the current number of judges and a 19% increase in state prosecutors.
The minister was in parliament today explaining her estimates which she claimed will mean an increase in the "stability of the judiciary."
The price of almonds worldwide is predicted to rocket because of a shortage of honey bees.
The largest producer of almonds, the US, is suffering a drop of between 30% and 40% in the honey bee population which has impacted on production in California, where 80% of the world’s crop grows.
The price of gold has been more temperamental than a thermometer over the course of the last year.
At the beginning of 2013, it was selling at around $1,700 an ounce, then tipped down to a low of about $1,200 in June.
Portugal had made significant progress in recent years in modernising its economy and improving the quality of life for its citizens, according to a new report's preamble, but the financial crisis has seen an end all of that happiness nonsense.
In its latest report, ‘How's Life?’ the OECD shows that Portugal is among the 10 countries with the lowest quality of life, behind fun-loving Korea, Slovakia and Poland.
Occupancy of Portugal’s remaining hotels may have been at pleasing levels this summer but did the sector make any money?
The Hospitality Association of Portugal said today that hotel revenue actually dropped 9.17% this August compared to 2012 - a pretty dire year with which to compare figures.
Albufeira’s tourism board has been in Ireland at the over 50s show to promote itself as an out of season holiday location. The tourism promotional arm of Albufeira council was enjoying the delights of Dublin at the end of October with the objective of investing in markets and segments to help combat seasonality in Albufeira which, of all the Algarve’s regions, has the greatest reliance on the summer trade.
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Algarve in Faro is to become a reality in 18 months. Work started two weeks ago with a target completion date of summer 2015.
"The administrative process, from the preparation of the design, tendering and government approvals to move forward with the work took two and a half years," said João Guerreiro, rector of the University of Algarve (UAlg), indicating that the process had been time consuming but the medical school will be taking students in 2015/16.
The budget carrier has reached the conclusion that it has to do more to win business. As a result, it announced that it will begin seat allocation starting in February 2014.
Its chief, Michael O’Leary, also confessed that the Ryanair website was "notoriously awful".
