The European Commission estimates that new measures amounting to €450 million will have to be put in place if Portugal is to meet its 2016 fiscal targets.
The government needs to submit a ‘list of things to do’ by October 15th with "effective measures” to be implemented by the end of the year.
The Algarve’s EN125 that runs from the border with Spain to the end of the known world again has been awarded the accolade of being the country’s most perilous road - the 'road of death' is well deserving of its sobriquet.
The spectacular number of accidents, with the help of four recognised and well used accident black spots, are noted in the National Road Safety Authority’s report for 2015.
The Algarve’s hoteliers' association has hit out at the proposed new tax on those owning over €1 million of real estate, saying the move planned for the next tax year will deter investors, especially foreign ones.
The ‘super-IMI’ tax payable by owners with property assets of above €1 million, will simply show that Portugal is fiscally unstable and will cause huge concern across the business sector.
Portugal's Public Security Police arrested more than 19,000 people between June and September in during 'Operation Safe Summer.
The two crimes most frequently detected were drunk driving and driving without a valid license.
Portuguese energy supplier EDP took steps to diversify when the electricity supply market was deregulated in 2006. The company started to sell and install photovoltaic systems - one of its business areas that now is showing steady growth.
EDP’s existing customers bought 4,000 photovoltaic systems last year and during 2016 the company expects to install a further 6,000 systems in the residential market.
The newcomer anti-migration party in Germany has scored high in Berlin’s regional election on Sunday.
The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) achieved 14.2% of the vote. The double digit result was just three percentage points below that received by Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Motoring in France is set to become more expensive as the country embarks on an extensive programme of motorway improvements.
The €1 billion project was announced on Sunday by France’s transport minister Alain Vidalies.
A study by the respected Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, ‘Unequal Portugal,’ has concluded that the poorest families in Portugal are the ones that suffered most during the crisis years of 2009 to 2014.
During this period, Portuguese nationals lost an average of €116 per month, a decline that hit the poorest families with almost a third of the country’s workers earning less than €700 per month.
