“Rather than new legislative proposals, we can achieve our objectives by better implementing and enforcing existing legislation while using incentives and new market-based tools to promote change,” Hansen said in reply to a question on whether the EU’s executive would propose the framework next year. Costas Kadis Cyprus’ Costas Kadis, the commissioner candidate for fisheries … Read more
If you’re looking to escape the ever-decreasing cold temperatures of the UK, heading for a shoulder season getaway in the sun should be on your radar. Not only does avoiding the peak holiday season mean cheaper prices on flights and accommodation, it means you won’t have to worry about bustling and burgeoning crowds. The island … Read more
The coastal city of Porto has so much to offer in terms of history, art, and culture, as well as being the producer of the famous ‘Port Wine’. Porto is the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon with a population of 1,329,000 an increase of 0.3 percent from 2023. For those who are tempted … Read more
“The Ongoing Revolution of Portuguese Cinema,” a month-long series now getting under way at MOMA, does more than just present extraordinary (and extraordinarily rare) movies that happen to share a language and a culture. It is also the record of an intrinsically political cinema that emerged during a fraught and defining era of the nation’s … Read more
BRITAIN’S “most wanted man,” known for his full row of gold teeth, has been apprehended by police in Portugal after spending four years on the run. Earlier this month, Portuguese Judicial Police apprehended Calvin Parris near Boliqueime in Algarve who was later extradited to Wales by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to stand trial. 2 … Read more
CRISTIANO RONALDO has landed his own luxury watch collection courtesy of Jacob & Co. The superstar is a lover of fine watches and he has bought himself several luxury timepieces over the years. 5 Cristiano Ronaldo has been given his own watch collectionCredit: X formerly Twitter / @Cristiano 5 The ‘Flight of CR7’ shows a … Read more
United airplanes are seen at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, Unitted States on July 16, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images United Airlines is plotting a 2025 international expansion that spans Senegal to Mongolia and Greenland to Palau, a bid to win over travelers who have already had their fill of … Read more
The UK has issued a fresh travel warning to Brits in or heading to Portugal due to an ongoing “risk” of forest fires. More than 100 wildfires have tested thousands of firefighters to the limit in the country, with seven deaths after the worst spate of fires in recent years raged out of control. Europe’s … Read more
The German ZEW sentiment index on Tuesday painted a dire picture, with the assessment of the current situation now almost as bad as it was at the beginning of the Covid pandemic in spring 2020. ZEW head Achim Wambach said “the hope for a swift improvement in the economic situation is visibly fading.” For Centeno, … Read more
Let’s start with the basics. What happened? Ursula von der Leyen was elected for a second term as European Commission president in July (more on how that happened later). The former German defense minister has been in the job since 2019 thanks to a backroom deal between then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel … Read more
