Portugal and Madeira News from Paul Abbiati:
Football: UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers: Denmark’s young guns beat Portugal
From the official UEFA report:
“Denmark’s young guns are itching for a first taste of major final tournament action while the likes of Dennis Rommedahl aim for one last hurrah after Morten Olsen’s perfect blend booked their UEFA EURO 2012 place with a 2-1 victory over Portugal.”
“Portugal have a great side and some great players but we played as a team, showed courage and won deservedly,” he said. “Our tactics were spot on and we did everything we had talked about before the game; really doing very well, closing them down in key areas, especially up front. We knew all about their quality, but we played a very solid game.”
link to official UEFA report: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002301/postmatch/quotes/index.html
FT EU economy article on Madeira election result;
link:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7daa67a8-f329-11e0-8383-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1aTKYEsnS
Electricity price increase of 9% in 2012
i Newspaper reports:
The new tax on consumption will account for 2% of the price hike, while
electricity itself will rise 7%, due mainly to the raise in VAT.
VAT rise to 23% in restaurant sector
The Diário Económico reports:
Government will increase VAT to 23% in restaurant sector. The Ministry of
Finance a troika officials decided on a VAT rise in the restaurant sector
which will be included in the 2012 budget.
Madeira Nature Festival 2011: Photography Competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QRFFJJI3_tY
link to official page with competition details and rules:
http://www.visitmadeira.pt/madeiranaturefestival/index.php?id=4&lang=en
Concert, 14 October, 9pm
Um concerto de violino e flauta transversal by students on The Curso Profissional de Instrumentista of the Conservatório – Escola das Artes.
Venue is not clear either at the the Conservatório – Escola das Artes’ or another venue..link is below. Best bet is to call the Conservatório – Escola das Artes for clarification.
Entry is Free. Image from Diario Newspaper
link:http://www.dnoticias.pt/actualidade/5-sentidos/287314-concerto-de-violino-e-flauta-transversal-no-ceha
tsunami is coming
Jornal de Negócios states that the Ministry of Finance is going to suspend new transfers to Madeira, adding that the local administration will be suffering a serious squeeze to its spending.
tom have you been keeping yourself up to date on defencegreece.com. interesting stuff.
no but I will
Greece is shuting down
Remember the country that started it all yet was “so small nobody should worry about it.” Well, it turns out its size was juuuuust right, and while the Eurozone is now fighting contagion fires everywhere up to and including the heart of the core (thank you most-bailed-out-by-the-Fed-bank Dexia), Greece still has yet to see any benefits whatsoever from all the so called bailouts, including the 5 previous tranches from the US taxpayer funded IMF. Well, it appears Greece has effectively shut down, after the country’s Finance Ministry – the nerve center coordinating not only the country’s economy but its continued bailout requests, has announced the start of a 9 day strike beginning October 17. May as well call it indefinite, and may as well put a fork in it.
From Bloomberg:
Greek finance ministry workers blocked access to the ministry’s main building in central Athens as part of protests against government plans to cut jobs and wages.
Members of the Federation of Finance Ministry Unions hung a banner reading ‘Occupation’ from the roof of the eight-story building and hoisted black flags around the roof. The federation plans a nine-day strike beginning Oct. 17, according to an e-mailed statement today. who will colect taxes????
got nothing
that page is dead
defencegreece.com.
Tom try this I am not sure this will work
defencegreece.com/index.php/2011/10/research-maps-for-oil-drilling-in-greece-revealed/
if not try www defencegreece.com
hope links or info helps
23% vat on restaurant charges will make the proprietors have a rethink on their prices which are already extraordinarily high for what is usually NOT Cordon Bleu, especially in the Lido tourist trap.
just from 4% to 16% on Madeira fortunately, but still a big hike. That´s according to RTP-M news.
According to the Jornal da Madeira the rise is from 9% to 16% (Thurs 13/10/2011). As I don’t eat out I cannot confirm, but it is not (at this stage at least) the same rate of 23% as is being applied on the mainland
Guys, interesting article on Uncle Bertie in the Portugal Daily View …… it sums up the current situation quite nicely!
http://www.portugaldailyview.com/01-whats-new/profile-the-everlasting-leader-of-madeira
portugal-bosnia/hercegowina=barage euro2012