The Bank of Portugal considers that an obligation to inform the government of staff salary and bonus levels applies to all banks in Portugal, apart from one - the Bank of Portugal.
The Bank of Portugal has refused to send to the government a list of salaries, bonuses and benefits paid to their employees as the bank’s management thinks the law does not apply to the country’s central bank.
Twice Prime Minister and former President of the Republic of Portugal, Mário Soares, stated in a Sunday paper and on the radio today that this is a government of "offenders" and that some of its members "must be tried, after leaving power."
Switzerland may begin to pay a salary of more than 2,500 Swiss francs every month to each adult in the country, irrespective if they are in work or not.
In its time of woe, Spain has been deemed the most unequal society of all Europe.
Pomegranates, so plentiful in Portugal at this time of year, have been found to help strengthen the body’s arteries, protecting the heart from high cholesterol in the diet.
Scotland Yard has confirmed that the timeline and accepted version of events at the time of Madeleine McCann's disappearance have 'shifted significantly.'
Known to many expats and Portuguese local to the Messines and Silves area, estate agent Carlos Melo died at the scene of a car crash on Friday October 11th.
