EU regulators are to investigate tax deals between McDonald's and Luxembourg which enabled the U.S. chain to escape paying taxes on European franchise royalties from 2009, a move which could lead to hefty back taxes for the company.
The EC’s antitrust regulators said that they would launch the probe into arrangements which could be defined as ‘illegal state aid.’
The chief executive of TAP, Fernando Pinto has been at the 41st Congress of the Portuguese Association of Travel Agencies in Albufeira and hinted strongly that a partnership with Irish carrier Ryanair was more than just a rumour.
Pinto said that all the airline’s routes are under review but would not be drawn on the proposed removal of TAP long-haul flights to and from Oporto which has caused a degree of turbulence with passengers in the north of the country and Galicia.
For those not exactly thrilled that Adele is coming to Portugal next May, an alternative is at hand with the announcement that British heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden will return next year to with their 'The Book of Souls' album, released in September.
The venue is the Meo Arena in Lisbon and the band will perform on 11 July, 2016
Adolph 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.
Spain 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.
"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 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.
Portugal'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.
