Portimão’s mayor finally has lost patience with the family that owns the crumbling Convento de São Francisco.
Deeply annoyed with delays in resolving the issues surrounding the ruin, mayor Isilda Gomes has finally accused the current owners, believed still to be the Souza Coutinho family, of playing about with the council and now vows to seek a legal remedy to save the building.
Switzerland is quickly closing down its decades-long practice of banking secrecy in favour of fiscal transparency.
Swiss authorities announced on Thursday that the government plans to increase dramatically the number national agreements it has for sharing bank account information.
Tolls to use Germany’s autobahn network roads are due to come into force after the country reached an agreement with the European Commission.
The initial plan had been to charge all cars on the autobahn but with tax rebates given to those registered in Germany which would have equalled out the fees for residents, leaving only foreigners to pay.
Ryanair has moved into direct competition with tour operators by selling bonded package holidays alongside its flights.
The Irish airline claimed it would “transform the market” as it launched Ryanair Holidays online, claiming to undercut competitors by offering rooms at 330,000 hotels across Europe with the cheapest flight seats.
The move comes more than five years after rivals EasyJet launched a similar service.
Environmentalists have piled pressure on Spain over its sprawling Donaña wetlands, a UNESCO World Heritage site they believe is at risk and could be put on the UN body's list of endangered habitats.
Greenpeace activists blocked natural gas operations near the wetland reserves on Spain's southern coast, home to more than 4,000 species including the endangered Iberian lynx.
The UK's decision to break away from the European Union does not seem to have deterred those feisty Brits from spending their hard-earned money, particularly when it comes to their holidays. A new study has indicated that so far this year, Brits have spent £178 billion (€209.86 billion) on getaways at home and abroad.
The study was carried out by train ticket retailer Trainline. The company analysed the habits of German, British, Italian, and French travellers. Of these four countries, the UK took the least holidays, whereas Italians took the most. The average Brit took 3.1 holidays this year, whereas the French took 3.3, Germans took 3.8, and those fun-loving, jet-setting Italians finished way out in front, with the average person racking up 5.4 holidays each.
Heavy rain is forecast for Saturday in the Algarve along with more thunder and lightning. This will continue throughout Sunday, easing off early on Monday morning.
The southeast wind will gust up to 75kmph along the coast from Saturday with bursts up to 90kmph on higher ground.
The future CEO of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Paulo Macedo, will keep the vastly enhanced salary negotiated by outgoing António Domingues, despite the political pressure of the last few days on the Government to revert to the lower salary level of Domingues’ predecessor.
The government took this decision despite the need to negotiate a salary that would avoided further tension.
