03 November 2012
More people registered as unemployed at Portugal’s job centers have signed off in the first nine months of 2012, because they were leaving the country. The number was up more than 45% from a year earlier, official figures revealed. According to statistics from the Institute of Employment and Professional Training (IEFP), 24,689 people cancelled their […]
02 November 2012
Revenues from tourism in Portugal should increase this year despite the ongoing economic crisis, largely thanks to foreign visitors, according to a top official. Tourism is one of Portugal’s most important sectors, with revenues last year totaling Euro8.1 billion, according to Bank of Portugal figures. “We have expectations of growth, despite the difficult economic situation […]
02 November 2012
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will pay an official visit to Portugal, on November 12, to meet with Portugal’s President of the Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho. This is the Chancellor’s first official visit to Portugal. The head of the German government will also be the guest speaker at the opening […]
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31 October 2012
The Institute of the Administration of Health and Social Affairs (IASAUDE), based on Madeira island, has confirmed 62 dengue fever cases on the region, with 6 patients currently hospitalize in the Hospital of Funchal. There were 52 cases of dengue in Madeira confirmed last week, with five patients in hospital, according to IASAUDE , compared […]
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31 October 2012
Vasco Cordeiro, 39, was sworn Regional President of the Government of the Azores, on Wednesday, in a ceremony presided by Ambassador Pedro Catarino, Portugal’s government representative in the Azores. President Cordeiro was elected Regional President of the Azores on October 14, with an absolute majority of 49% of votes. Cordeiro, the leader of the Socialist […]
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31 October 2012
The Portuguese government has approved a controversial data sharing agreement with the United States on terrorist suspects that is now to the submitted to Parliament. Portugal was required by the United States to agree by a data sharing agreement on terrorist suspects to be exempt from Visa obligations. The US anti-terrorist information agreement, signed in Washington […]
