More than 500 extra Public Security Police, GNR soldiers and border police will be operating in the Algarve this summer season, from June 15th to September 15th. There will be an increase of 190 GNR on duty at any one time.

The operation was announced yesterday by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Anabela Rodrigues, who said that she is providing, "214 GNR soldiers, 294 men and women of the Public Security Police and 11 members of the Foreigners and Borders Service."

The International Monetary Fund may never be satisfied and today warned that for Portugal "there is a real risk that the target budget deficit of 2.7% of GDP will not be met without further cuts in spending," adding that it is unlikely that Portugal’s austerity measures can be eased without containing spending on wages and pensions.

The statement follows the second post-Troika visit and highlights that which the government already knows but will not attempt due to the Autumn elections.

Spain’s proposed law on citizenship for the descendants of expelled Jews has now been approved and will come into effect in October.

The ruling conservative government had said it was an “historic mistake” to force its Jewish population into exile in 1492, making them convert to Catholicism or face torture and death by burning at the stake.

France receives some 84 million tourists every year who contribute 7% to the nation’s wealth and support two million jobs.

Since the 1980s, the country has been the most visited in the world.

Portugal’s industrial output rose in April by 2% when compared to the previous month.

This was the third greatest growth in the eurozone where the average increase was just 0.1%.

The European Commission will not hesitate to open an investigation if it even suspects that control of most of the capital and of the company’s management leaves the hands of "nationals of a country of the European Union."

The Commission currently is monitoring the sale process of TAP and will act if it suspects that at any point in the process, the control the majority of the capital and of the decision process of the company leaves European control.

The Governor of the Bank of Portugal again made his position clear with regards to depositors who have lost their money due to Banco Espírito Santo’s duplicity and collapse, this time in answer to questions in parliament posed by the socialist MP Pedro Nuno Santos.

Governor Costa denies any culpability at all for the deposit scheme whereby BES customers were persuaded by banking staff and managers to invest in ‘safe’ investments akin to deposit accounts.

The European Commission has threatened to take the Portuguese government to court if it does not change rules that infringe Community law in relation to tolls on formerly free Scut roads.

The original complaint from Aveiro council was lodged when the tolls were imposed. This was assessed by the European Commission which asked Portugal’s government for additional comment and analysis on its toll schemes on formerly free roads.