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Thai company buys six Tivoli hotels for €168.2 million

Portugal’s Tivoli Group has announced that six of its hotels in Portugal and Brazil have been sold to Thai company Minor International (MINT) for €168.2 million.

Of the six hotels sold, four are in Portugal – the Tivoli Lisbon, Tivoli

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Luís Figo runs for FIFA presidency

Former Portuguese football star Luís Figo will be running for the presidency of FIFA, football’s international governing body. The announcement was made by the ex-footballer during an interview with CNN on Wednesday (January 27).

“I care

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Homeowners take a stand against “illegal” water charges

Homeowners in small developments around Vale do Lobo have turned the tables on Infralobo, the municipal company that last year began to charge what they described as “disproportionate and unfair” water charges that in many cases upped bills by

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Octogenarian mowed down by train at Estômbar railway crossing

An 82-year-old Portuguese man was killed after being hit by a train as he crossed the Estômbar railway track on his motorbike on Wednesday morning (January 28).

It is believed that the Lagoa resident tried to cross the railway before the

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PT minority shareholders in bid to block sale to Altice

Despite the fact that Portugal Telecom sold last week to French operator Altice for the “knockdown price” of €7.4 billion - most of which will go to Brazilian telecommunications company Oi - minority shareholders are still trying to block the

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Supermarkets “get creative” to offer something other than heavily-taxed plastic bags

With the new green-taxes due to send the price of plastic bags soaring within the next three weeks, supermarkets all over Portugal are getting creative, and starting to offer low-priced alternatives.

According to a report in Público today

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TAP registers €63 million euro loss to September last year

Trouble-torn national airline TAP predicted a profit for last year but figures out today show that in the first nine months the company registered a loss of €63.3 million - that’s €41.6 million more than losses registered in 2013.

Despite

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Sócrates’ “get-out-of-jail” bid set to bomb

The carefully-prepared appeal by lawyers representing jailed former prime minister José Sócrates looks set to hit the rocks this week as newspapers reveal the Public Ministry is still absolutely dead against any change in the controversial status

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Health alert over potentially-deadly “time bomb” of food additives in Portugal’s minced meat

Consumers’ association DECO has issued a stark warning over health dangers posed by minced meat on sale up and down the country.

Concerns include seriously dangerous additives used to boost the meat’s “rich colour”.

“These additives

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Coimbra University Hospital no longer treating gynaecological cancer patients as priorities

The Ordem dos Médicos doctors association has reacted angrily to the news that Coimbra University Hospital is no longer treating gynaecological cancer patients as priorities for surgery. “This is a very serious situation...

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