Another surge of migrants has brought around 5,000 desperate souls to Italy over just this weekend. This brings 2015’s figure so far to more than 50,000 arrivals registered by Italy.
The latest arrivals resulted from rescues on Saturday from 15 boats which had set out from the failed state of Libya. On Sunday, at least 14 more rescue operations were conducted.
The two possible buyers for state airline TAP both submitted enhanced bids before the deadline last Friday.
In the biggest hint yet that the bids may not be enough, the Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Monteiro, said on Saturday that the intention of the government is “to decide as soon as possible whether to sell the airline or not.”
While the British rail against immigration, a key business group has warned of an on-going lack of basic IT and computer literacy skills in the country which is putting the economy at risk.
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said the dearth of IT acumen amongst many workers could undermine Britain’s growing digital economy.
A kite-surfer has been seriously injured in an accident at the Ria do Alvor between Lagos and Portimão.
The accident happened on Sunday afternoon as strong winds swept across the Algarve and caught the kite-surfer off guard, causing him to lose control of his kite and fall onto rocks causing him serious injury.
Stories have been swirling for a while, but now Tesco has admitted that it is likely that it breached its industry’s code of practice in dealing with its suppliers.
The admission was made in the small print of its latest annual report which notes there is likely to have been a “number of instances” where it contravened the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.
One of the lawyers acting for jailed former-Prime Minister José Sócrates has until Tuesday to confer with his client to see if Sócrates will accept home detention with an electronic ankle bracelet.
Previously, lawyer João Araújo has said that this sort of electronic surveillance is not an option for his client but with Sócrates having spent since last November in jail awaiting charges, a change of tactics may be on the cards.
Emigration figures reveal 285,000 Portuguese have left the country for good in the last four years: a further concern is that immigration has decreased.
Portugal’s Centre for Emigration reported today that "Over the past four years, the number of people who have left Portugal grew by over 50%. Only in 2013 at least 110,000 Portuguese emigrated. You have to go back to 1973 to find numbers like these."
Expat pensions again are under threat as anyone who has missed a deadline to prove they are alive may have had their pension stopped.
But the government has not demonstrated that the programme has saved the promised millions.
