“Mein Kampf” again on the shelves after 70 years

hitlerbookAdolph Hitler’s notorious autobiographical book, “Mein Kampf”, will again be available to the public for the first time since WWII.

An annotated edition is to be printed in Germany and will be for sale by the early part of January, according to Andreas Wirsching, director of the Institute of Contemporary History (IFZ) in Munich, which has been working on the project since 2009.

Spanish hopes rise for another tourist record

spanishwomanbeachSpain is riding the crest of a wave of substantially increased tourist numbers.

A record 60.8 million people visited the country between January and October.

Ellie kidnap trial, evidence heard by video-link from Dublin

6232"It was a nightmare. For seven months, I did not know if my daughter was alive or dead."

Candice Gannon was giving evidence from Ireland via a video-link to Faro court on Wednesday and told the panel of judges of the psychological effects her daughter’s kidnap had on her during the months Ellie was hidden by her father, Filipe Silva.

TAP hikes the cost of Christmas and New Year flights

airplane2TAP has started behaving like a commercial airline with news today that it is raising ticket prices at the peak Christmas and New Year periods.

The surcharge of between €25 and €100 for holiday flights applies to tickets purchased after December 6th, confirmed the company, justifying the move by "strong demand" for its services.

Socialist anti-austerity programme sails through Portugal's parliament

antoniocosta3Portugal's MPs today voted on and approved the Socialist government's anti-austerity programme with the left-wing parties backing Prime Minister António Costa in the first test of his new political arrangement.

Costa’s far-left alliance parties warned that they all have high expectations that the reversing of the Passos Coelho austerity programme will free up the economy.

The problem of Spain’s diminishing numbers grows worse

donquixoteThe decline of Spain’s population deepened when more deaths than births were recorded in the first six months of 2015.

Deaths exceeded births by more than 19,000 in the first half of the year.

Lagos council demands the abolition of Via do Infante tolls

6272The Municipal Assembly of Lagos has voted by a large majority to demand the abolition of tolls on the Via do Infante.

The proposal still had one councillor voting in favour of the tolls, and one abstention, but the remaining 23 voted to demand the scrapping of the toll system.

Barclays pays buyer to take its Italian business

barclayshqBarclays is to pay €237 million to an Italian bank to offload Barclays’ branches in Italy.

Che Banca!, a subsidiary of Mediobanca Group, will take over the 89 branches and 220,000 customers. Its plan is to integrate them into its existing network.