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Portugal is the second in English
PROPERTY
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see p.10
100,000 inhabitants, off Fairs • Info: 707 500 677
topped only by the UK,
according to a Official figures published this week reveal Portugal is
comparative report by
theLusa news agency.
leading world housing market recovery
(See Page 2)
‘Brits Abroad’ hand
Russians ‘worst RREEAALL EESSTTAATTEE
tourist’ title
A survey carried out on
more than 1,000 British
tourists holidaying in
Portugal, Spain, France,
Cyprus, Malta, Italy,
Turkey and Greece has
concluded that, in the RREEBBOOUUNNDD
opinion of British tourists,
Russian holidaymakers,
one of Portugal’s fastest-
growing tourist markets,
are ‘The Worst Tourists in Full story, see p.20
The World’. (See Page 5)
UK pursuing
Portugal’s doctors
Despite a reported lack
of medical professionals
in Portugal, which the
Ministry of Health
recently boosted with the
acquisition of doctor’s
from Cuba, it has
emerged that the UK is
looking to recruit 15
Portuguese doctors to
work in their public
hospital’s Emergency
Units for wages of
between €6,750 and
€7,900 per month.
(See Page 7)
All or nothing now
for Portugal’s
world cup dream
Currently placed in third
place of its Group in the
qualifying stages for the
2010 South Africa World
Cup, Portugal will be
looking for revenge
against Denmark this
weekend. (See Page 56)
Weekend weather
Lisbon: Summer returns
this weekend, with high
temperatures forecast
and blue skies. Faro:
Temperatures in the
Algarve are expected to
warm, to around the 30º
mark, with nights getting
slightly warmer than they
have been of late as the
winds of recent days
subside.Oporto: The
North will be warm and
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Portugal second EU country with
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Content According to Lusa, Portugal Portugal is only surpassed by according to a comparative report by the Lusa
has, at present, 20.9 cases of the UK, which has a population news agency.
swine flu per 100,000 inhabit- of 61 million people.
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per 100,000 inhabitants, the two mately the same size population ent Doctors’ Union (SIM), In his opinion, until non-ER or
National 1-7 & 11-13 • Regional 14-16 • World View 10 • highest statistics within the EU. as Portugal, has a smaller inci- Carlos Arroz, has suggested that retired doctors are enlisted to
Business 8-9 • Trading Places 17 • Sport 55 & 56 Lusa’s report was based on dence of the virus, with 1,839 enlisting retired doctors as well help out, the distribution of doc-
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Centre for Prevention and Con- Spain and Italy are faring the Hospitals’ Emergency Response lead to programmed health serv-
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itants and positive cases in re- 100,000 inhabitants, respec- tinuous rise in patients seeking to the A H1N1 flu virus.
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Property Directory 25-26 • Gardening 27 Germany and Greece take Spain, which has a population by the A H1N1 flu virus. and children cannot stop grow-
third and fourth places, with 18.9 of 40.4 million citizens, has Carlos Arroz believes “no doc- ing and those suffering chronic
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Paws & Claws 34 • Travel 35 The European Centre for Pre- has a population of 58 million He added that recruiting such unattended”, adding that the
vention and Control of Diseases people, has 1,800 confirmed medical professionals would, present medical scenario in Por-
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• Mind & Soul 50 swine flu per 100,000 inhabitants largest number of inhabitants in- though not needing any “legal Carlos Arroz believes that the
(2,244), following Germany fected by the virus, Portugal has defining”, but a simple “ap- fact Portugal has an aged category
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UK (13,095). However, when by swine flu, as opposed to the Carlos Arroz defended the vour for tackling the A H1N1 flu
Advertisers’ Hotline 32 • Company Finder 46-49 calculated in proportion to the UK, where to date 65 people need to assign more doctors to epidemic, as the virus mainly and
51-54 Classified population, the incidence of the have died after contracting the deal with the general public as more seriously affects younger
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has 10.7 million inhabitants, in 21 people, and Greece, where one risk of falling ill from the virus, those who contracted the 1957
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Lagoa Sol • Lote 3 r/c • 8400-415 Lagoa
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“crime of disease transmission, to wear a protective mask the
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subsequently refuse to wear Those refusing to adopt the of between one and eight years”, vidual to adopt the given safety
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This only applies to patients
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who test positive following
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tained until tests are con-
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Of the registered cases, 531
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Portugal • 5 Sep 2009
More land burns this year
Despite more hectares of land being scorched by fires this year than in
2008, the Government has said that the area burnt is still “far off”
estimates predicted by “experts and scientists”.
Some 30,000 hectares of land by fire-brigades” and by the cre-
have burnt this year, nearly dou- ating of “correct measures” in
ble the amount that was de- responding to fires.
stroyed last year (17,244 hec- Since 2005 the Government
tares). has been introducing changes to
According to provisional fig- accommodate a better response
ures from the National Author- to fires, including the creation of
ity for Civil Protection (ANPC) a Special Firefighters’ Force,
by August 30th this year 29,923 greater involvement on behalf of
hectares of flora had perished. By the GNR (National Republican
that date last year 17,244 hec- Guard) and the revision of the
tares of land had burnt. Penal Code which in 2007 made
Minister for Internal Affairs sentences relating to arson
Rui Pereira said the rise was es- heftier.
sentially due to climate condi- The number of reported inci-
tions, which this year “are much dents also rose this year, with
worse”. 14,143 outbreaks being regis-
He reiterated that in 2006 and tered by August 30th, nearly dou-
2007 the situation was even ble the amount registered in 2007
worse, when fires ravaged 75,509 and five thousand more than last
hectares and 31,450 hectares of year.
terrain, respectively. Last weekend was the most
Minister Pereira reminded the worrying so far this year; on
public how in 2005 “scientific August 30th the Civil Protection
studies and experts predicted Authority registered 444 new
that by 2012 an average of outbreaks, the majority of which
100,000 hectares of land would occurred in Oporto, Viseu and
burn every year”. Aveiro.
“This year, so far, we have More than 90 percent of all
documented just under 30,000 fires are caused by man with
hectares that have been scorched, weekends seeing a rise in inci-
far off the estimates suggested in dents as people tend to chose
2005 by experts and scientists”, that time for picnics and parties,
he said. and other types of leisurely ac-
The below-predicted out- tivities that could result in an
come was attributed by Minster outbreak should the individuals
People in Sabugal view the aftermath of a fire on Wednesday. (Photo: Lusa / Francisco Barbeira) Pereira to the “relentless efforts be negligent.
Pensioner and handicapped son held captive by relatives
A 66-year-old woman and her 41-year-old mentally handicapped son of a special institution and to keep she would “beat him”. “The two individuals that had
were held captive by family members, a second son and daughter-in- him at home and receive benefits. “Ricardo was a good boy, been held captive looked like they
After Carlos died locals claim Germana is the evil one”, he said. had been in a concentration camp
law, for 14 months in a farmhouse in Farjada, Coruche, before being
they had not seen the elderly Nevertheless he went to the – just skin and bones, painfully
released by police, suffering serious malnutrition and other health women or her son for an extended property on Monday and claims malnourished”.
complications. period of time, and were con- to have seen his elderly sister in a Subsequent reports said the
cerned for their welfare. debilitated state and went to the handicapped man had at one
For the duration of their con- physical needs in a bucket in an his wife Germana. Events culminated on Monday police to place a formal com- point, in an act of desperation,
finement, being held in separate, adjacent room, and had no access Jacinta’s husband Carlos had when another relative attempting plaint. resorted to eating his own faeces
small rooms with no light and a to fresh water. committed suicide by swallow- to visit the farm saw Jacinta PJ Inspectors made their way and his bed mattress to kill the
door locked by a chain, neither Both were subjected to heavy ing poison the year before, Formigo, painfully thin and with to the farm to investigate and were hunger.
the elderly women, Jacinta labour, their social invalidity and shortly after the couple moved an infected eye. appalled at what they found. Ricardo and Germana, who
Formigo, or her handicapped son, retirement benefits, worth in the into the family’s farmhouse, re- Jacinta’s brother Joaquim told “We were received with hos- have no previous criminal record,
who is said to be ‘profoundly region of €700, being collected portedly to help the elderly cou- the national press that every tility. The couple wouldn’t let us were due to be heard in court this
disabled’ were fed properly or and cashed in by the couple hold- ple. It was after the couple moved time he attempted to visit his sis- in. We had to restrain them”, a week. Until their hearing they
had access to hygiene or medical ing them hostage, the woman’s in that the decision was made to ter and relatives he was told by source said. have been held in police custody.
care. They were forced to satisfy other son, Ricardo Formigo, and take the handicapped sibling out Germana not to come around or
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‘Brits Abroad’ hand Russians ‘worst tourist’ title
A survey carried out on more than
1,000 British tourists holidaying in
Portugal, Spain, France, Cyprus, Malta,
Italy, Turkey and Greece has concluded
that, in the opinion of British tourists,
Russian holidaymakers, one of
Portugal’s fastest-growing tourist
markets, are ‘The Worst Tourists in
The World’.
Launched by holiday expert 29 percent.
Gary Hewitt, who set up the Real Turkey was the third favour-
Holiday Reports advice website ite destination, with 24 percent
eight years ago, the ‘World’s of votes, followed by Portugal,
Worst Holiday-Maker’ poll sur- with France being the least popu-
veyed more than 1,000 British lar destination, having won over
tourists who holidayed abroad just five percent of voters.
this summer. Over the past decade the
Gary Hewitt told the Daily number of Russians leaving the
Mail that a ‘flood’ of UK holi- former Soviet Union for a holiday
day-makers had complained has soared thanks to a newfound
about the behaviour of Russian financial stability.
tourists and were described in the Reportedly, more than eight
poll as “pushy” and “rude”, in one million Russians have enjoyed a
case hiding four sun loungers in holiday so far this year.
their room to ensure a pool-side In Portugal, Russia is being
place the following morning. targeted as one of the most prom-
At the time it was published ising markets for new tourism.
in the UK’s press the poll, enti- This year the Portuguese Gov-
tled ‘Who do you not get on with ernment invested €500,000 of a
on holiday’, had had more than €3 million budget promoting this A beach full of tourists in the centre of Carvoeiro. (Photo: The Portugal News)
1,000 voters. country to Russia. And last week
Thenoveau riche Russians, State Secretary for Tourism Viegas, head of the AHETA Al- tend to come in couples, married News the average British tourist year.
who represent a promising mar- Bernardo Trindade embarked on garve Regional Hotel and Tour- or otherwise, but settled”. holidaying at their resort was However, according to that
ket sector in this country, took a two-day journey to Scandina- ism Resort Association, said of This was confirmed by various “middle-class, seeking calm holi- resort, drinking remains the av-
first place as ‘worst tourists’, via where he is believed to have this ‘new’ market: “At this mo- workers in the regional tourism days without many extras”. erage British tourist’s main
with more than one third of all made contact with key Finnish ment, at a time of economic cri- sector. It transpired that, while the downfall, often causing disputes
votes. and Russian travel agencies to sis, I don’t think anything can be One four-star resort in the average British tourist has been between couples and frequent
Germans holidaymakers fol- “reinforce the Government’s described as ‘emerging’. But yes, Carvoeiro area, a popular fisher- amongst those spending the larg- disturbances, incidents that have
lowed with just over 30 per cent connection with tour operators the Eastern bloc, particularly men’s village with various ac- est amount in hotel bars in previ- been frequently repeated and
of the ballot, British holidaymak- and airlines that are important countries such as Russia and Po- claimed golf courses in close ous years, spending has been widely reported across the region
ers themselves making up 15 per instruments for the country’s land, are showing potential”. proximity, told The Portugal somewhat more controlled this in recent years.
cent, the French took 10 per cent promotion”, he said. Drops in British tourists to
and the Dutch five per cent. National airline TAP’s direct Portugal have been noted most in
Meanwhile, and according to Lisbon-Moscow flight, a new the Algarve but even so, Brits still
a different poll on the same route that was inaugurated at the make up Portugal’s most signifi- What if?
website named “Which is your beginning of June this year, has cant tourist sector.
favourite European Destina- proved highly popular, having AHETA President Eldérico
tion”, only eight percent of vot- already transported more than Viegas described Portugal’s Brit-
ers chose Portugal. 8,600 passengers over a two- ish tourist market as being one
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Domestic violence steadily rising
NEWS IN BRIEF
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domestic violence being
Portugal’s Competition Authority said Wednesday it was fin-
reported to PSP police rose
ing two of the country’s biggest telecommunications groups a com-
by 35 percent in 2008, said bined total of more than €53 million for abuse of their dominant
to be due to a greater broadband positions. Both Portugal Telecom (PT) and Grupo
confidence that the public ZON said they would appeal the ruling - the largest fine ever or-
has in Portugal’s police dered in Portugal. The Competition Authority fined PT, the big-
gest telecommunications operator, slightly more than €45 million
force, and indicating they
and Grupo ZON, the biggest cable company, slightly more than
feel less shame when €8 million for having abused their dominant broadband positions
reporting incidents of an in 2002-2003. CEO Zenal Bava told Lusa that PT would appeal
intimate nature. the ruling as it was “illegal, totally disproportionate and out of
“Presently, victims of domes- place under market conditions”. Grupo Zon issued a statement
tic violence report abuse with saying it too would appeal.
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sub-commissionaire Jesuína told Lisbon’s Islamic Community has offered to welcome and aid
the Lusa news agency. two former Guantanamo Syrian prisoners if contacted by the pair
Recent figures from the PSP who arrived in Portugal last week as Lisbon’s contribution to aid-
police force show that the number ing Washington to close down the controversial facility in Cuba.
of reported cases of domestic vio- “We know they’re here. When we’re contacted we’ll be ready to
lence have risen significantly over receive them”, the Islamic Community’s first secretary, Mohamed
the past three years, with 17,647 Abed, told the Lusa News Agency on Monday. Abed said his or-
reports being reported in 2008, Archive photo of silhouettes on display in Marco de Canavezes paying homage to the ganization knew “absolutely nothing” about the two men who the
4,597 more than the previous victims of domestic violence. (Photo: Lusa / Estela Silva) Portuguese Government said had arrived last Friday.
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However, according to the plained the use of weapons in public entities of their private
police woman, “there has not these cases is not common. situation”. Gov’t. Fifteen people have died on beaches in Portugal so far this bath-
been a rise in the crime, but a Three years ago the PSP force Around 1,800 officers are spe- ing season, the total being one down on last year’s at the end of
higher number of people report- introduced to their services spe- cifically trained to handle situa- approves August. The official bathing season started on June 1 and ends on
ing incidents, the result of a cifically-created rooms to attend tions of sexual crime, juvenile September 30.
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tims”, who are mainly women who are generally tended to by juvenile violence and bullying, new dog
aged between 20 and 40. dedicated Victim Support and and risk groups. Under new rules coming into force this month, manufacturers and
“Women are the main victims Prevention (EPAV) teams, that PSP figures further showed safety laws importers can no longer sell clear incandescent light bulbs of 100
of domestic violence, mostly in- exist all over the country. that in 2006 11,683 cases of do- watts or above in the EU. However, shops may continue to sell bulbs
volving physical aggression, Officer Jesuína said “We have mestic violence were reported, already in stock. As part of an effort to save energy and fight climate
psychological abuse and noted that the victims feel safer that number rising to 13,050 in This week the Govern- change, the ban will be expanded in September 2011 and 2012 to
threats”, said sub-commission- and more confident with the po- 2007, and subsequently to ment has approved new laws include lower wattages of clear incandescent bulbs. Frosted bulbs
aire Jesuína, who further ex- lice, and are less ashamed to tell 17,647 last year. for dog owners and breed- and high-energy halogen lights are also being phased out. By 2020
ers to reinforce public the measures will save enough energy to power 23 million house-
safety as well as applying holds every year, roughly the electricity consumption of Belgium.
TT heavier sanctions to those This will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 32 million tons each
Calam II y? promoting or participating year, or about one-tenth of the world’s annual emission of green-
in animal fights. house gases. The EU estimates that a household can save at least €50
The law, approved this on electricity bills every year by switching to energy-saving bulbs.
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conditions in which ani- Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado met with Nelson
mals should be kept and Mandela in South Africa last Thursday to bestow the African
how animals may circulate statesman with the first Geremek Prize for Promotion of Democ-
in public. racy. Mandela, South Africa’s first post-apartheid president was
It came as a response to awarded the prize last month at the conclusion of Portugal’s presi-
the Minister for Agricul- dency of the Community of Democracies. The prize was estab-
ture’s request for improved lished in 2008 in honour of Poland’s late pro-democracy activist
rules in the keeping of so- Bronislaw Geremek, a pivotal figure in the founding of the Solidar-
called ‘dangerous ani- ity movement that helped bring down the Polish communist re-
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try for Agriculture said in a guese-speaking countries.
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The Portugal News • 5 Sep 2009 7
UK pursuing Portugal’s
doctors
Despite a reported lack of medical professionals in Portugal, which the Ministry of
Health recently boosted with the acquisition of doctor’s from Cuba, it has emerged that
the UK is looking to recruit 15 Portuguese doctors to work in their public hospital’s
Emergency Units for wages of between €6,750 and €7,900 per month.
Recruitment Company specialties”, he said, adding the narios is that of Odemira, where
GlobalMediRec posted an advert agency had thought of recruiting the situation worsens with the
on the Portuguese ‘Doctors Reg- in Portugal on various occasions arrival of summer and the local
ister’ homepage, but both indi- but had been looking for the best populations in Vila Nova de
vidual professionals and unions way to do so. Milfontes, Zambujeira and
have warned of the effects that He concluded “Portugal has a Almograve multiply five-fold.
this could have, should a large good reputation with regards to Over recent years Cuba has
quantity of doctors choose to its doctors and EU doctors do not become one of the world’s larg-
leave this country at a time when need to take further exams to be est ‘exporters’ of doctors. In July
such resources here are particu- able to practice in the UK”. the Angolan Government re- One of the biometric robots at the simulation centre in the University Hospital of
larly low. Meanwhile, as the UK looks cruited 239 doctors from that Coimbra. (Photo: Lusa / Paulo Novais)
According to GlobalMediRec to Portugal to reinforce their hu- country.
Portuguese doctors will be offered man resources, the Portuguese
contracts of six months or one Ministry of Health has recently
year and all bureaucracy and relo- turned to Cuba to hire a large quan-
cation logistics will be taken care tity of medical professionals to
of, including enrolment onto the boost this country’s over-
UK’s General Medical Council stretched services.
(GMC), which is compulsory for Just two weeks ago forty Cu-
any doctor to practice in the UK. ban doctors arrived in Portugal,
There are currently, according hired by the Portuguese Govern-
to the GMC, 107 Portuguese ment to reinforce medical health
doctors registered in the UK. centres primarily in the Alentejo
The lack of doctors in the UK, and the Algarve.
where an estimated 7,400 of the It is thought the Cuban doctors
34,000 registered professionals will have contracts that are re-
are believed to be foreign, has lead newable on a yearly basis.
recruitment agencies to adopt an A source from the Ministry for
aggressive hiring policy and doc- Health confirmed negotiations
tors are being recruited from all are ongoing to recruit doctors
over the world. from various Latin American
According to Rui Guimarães, countries, but no protocol has
head of the National Internal been established as yet.
Doctor’s Committee, “In Portu- However, the National Doc-
gal a doctor who has just gradu- tor’s Register (Ordem dos
ated in any particular specialty Médicos) has said it does not be-
can earn around €1,800 for a 35- lieve this is the most appropri-
hour week. Therefore the wages ate solution.
being offered [in the UK] are very Others have said the doctors’
attractive”. arrival could not have come at a
Andrew Marks, of better time given the amount of
GlobalMediRec, said that while strain the A H1N1 flu will have
there hasn’t been, as yet, an “en on national health services.
masse” response to the advert, The first group of foreign doc-
the company has received some tors was dispatched to the
“very interesting applications Alentejo’s coastal region and
from qualified people”. Beja, where medical back-up is
“We are always on the lookout most needed.
for doctors of various One of the most serious sce-
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Petchey Leisure announce 100 job vacancies
Whilst the current economic climate has caused many tourist related businesses in the Algarve to
either down size or close that is certainly not the case for one resort development group in Albufeira.
Petchey Leisure have been proximately 2,500 guests to look a Job Fair on Thursday 10th Sep- such a wide range of full and part
one of the top resort developers after each week Petchey Leisure tember on the Sun Deck Terrace time jobs available to suit all ages
on the Algarve for over 25 years are planning a huge recruitment on the 6th floor of the Oura View and skill levels.What should also
and currently own, manage and drive in an attempt to recruit an Beach Club Resort. Here local appeal to people looking for em-
operate a resort portfolio that additional 100 staff. residents will be able to call in at ployment here in the Algarve is
comprises of three large resort There are full and part time any time between 1pm-8pm to that Petchey Leisure resorts are
developments and a boutique positions available for English have a chat and find out more now a 365 day per year holiday
hotel. Traditionally tourism speaking residents in the follow- about the many positions avail- destination and therefore we need
drops off during the winter pe- ing departments: Guest Serv- able. staff who don’t just want seasonal
riod in the Algarve but not at ices, Food and Beverage, Hotel Billy McNicoll from Petchey work but who want the guarantee
Petchey Leisure resorts and this Reception, Administration, Pro- Leisure is involved with co- of year round employment”
year they are expecting occu- motions, Call Centre and Mem- ordinating the event and is opti- For further details on the
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be in excess of 90%. To enable residents to find out “We are really hopeful of a good refer to the advertisement on
With 900 apartments and ap- more Petchey Leisure are holding attendance on the day as we have page 55 of this edition.
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PM gets boost from improved pre-election economic
Ryanair bidding
confidence report Socialist Prime Minister José Sócrates welcomed an improved Portuguese business and consumer
for Lisbon and
confidence report last Friday as “good news”, telling opposition parties preparing for legislative
elections next month to avoid a sour-grapes” reaction.
I“Its’s wlithaoutn doubdt goosd n?ews ber 27 legislative polls to avoid
that gives the country hope in reacting to the report in a “sour
getting out of the problems we or uncomfortable way”.
face”, Prime Minister Sócrates INE’s latest monthly report
said in response to the latest said business and consumer con-
study by the National Institute fidence had improved from a low
of Statistics (INE) that showed of -3.0 last April to -1.2 in August.
less pessimism on the part of The Prime Minister said the
businesses and consumers. report was a further sign Portu-
He challenged his adversaries gal has exited from recession.
from left and right in the Septem- TPN/Lusa
Four in ten earn under
€600 per month
More than 1.5 million employees earn less than €600
per month, the equivalent of 35 percent of all workers
employed by someone else, according to the National
Statistics Institute’s (INE), figures from April, May and
June this year.
However, these statistics ers employed by others earn
also reveal that the number of less than €900, some 2.6 million
people who earn poor salaries people, in comparison to the 2.7
has decreased, with 157,000 million last year.
fewer people earning a lower However, the quantity of
wage than during the same pe- people earning more then
riod of last year when 42 per- €1,200 per month has risen to
cent of employees earned less 498,500 individuals, 52,000
than €600. more than last year.
This is believed to have been Globally, the crisis has re-
a result of the economic crisis, sulted in the loss of 152,000
which mainly affected those jobs in the space of one year. Un-
with non-qualified professions, employment figures rose to 9.1
such as construction and fac- percent, meaning more than half
EU business Prime Minister José Sócrates makes a speech during the opening of the PT Contact
tory workers. a million people in this country
Centre in Santo Tirso on Monday. (Photo: Lusa / Hugo Delgado)
The figures are calculated on are without a job.
base salaries, after tax deductions Average wages are now estab- climate
and other Social Security contri- lished at around €766 per
butions have been deducted. month, which is 3.9 percent
indicator
Sixty-seven percent of work- higher than a year ago.
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Ethiopia: Population, Famine and Fate
A quarter-century after a million Ethiopians died in the great hunger of 1984-85, the country is The Ethiopian government is the slightest about population
heading into another famine. The spring rains failed entirely, and the summer rains were three authoritarian, but it isn’t incom- growth, they got away with it.
petent. It gives fertilizer to farm- Ethiopia has more than four
weeks late. But why is famine is stalking Ethiopia again?
ers and teaches best practices. times the land surface of Brit-
By the late 90s the country was ain. The rain is less reliable, but
self-sufficient in food in good a rich Ethiopia would have no
years, and the government had trouble feeding its people. The
created a strategic food reserve problem is that it got the popu-
for the bad years. lation growth without the
So why are we back here wealth. Stopping the popula-
again? Infant deaths are already tion growth now would be very
over two per 10,000 per day in hard, but otherwise famine will
Somali, the worst-hit region of be a permanent resident in an-
Ethiopia. (Four per day counts other twenty years.
as full-scale famine.) Country- The problem is well under-
wide, 20 percent of the popula- stood. The population of the
tion already depends on the rich countries has grown about
dwindling flow of foreign food tenfold since the earliest days
aid, and it will get worse for of the industrial revolution, but
many months yet. What have for the first half of that period
the Ethiopians done wrong? it grew quite slowly. Many ba-
The real answer (which eve- bies died, and there were no
rybody carefully avoids) is that cures for most epidemic dis-
they have had too many babies. eases. Later the death rate
Ethiopia’s population at the dropped, but by then, with
time of the last famine was 40 people feeling more secure in
million. Twenty-five years their lives, the birth rate was
later, it is 80 million. You can do dropping too.
everything else right – give your Whereas in most of the poor
farmers new tools and skills, countries the population hardly
fight erosion, create food re- grew at all until the start of the
serves – and if you don’t con- 20th century. But once the
trol the population, you are just population did start to grow,
spitting into the wind. thanks to basic public health
It is so obvious that this measures that cut the death rate,
should be the start of every con- it grew faster than it ever did in
versation about the country. the rich countries.
Even if the coming famine in Unfortunately, economies
Ethiopia kills a million people, don’t grow that fast, so these
the population will keep grow- countries never achieved the
ing. So the next famine, ten or fif- level of comfort and security
teen years from now, will hit a where most people will start to
country of a hundred million reduce their family size spon-
people, trying to make a living taneously. At the current rate
from farming on land where only of growth, Ethiopia’s popula-
40 million faced starvation in the tion will double again, to 160
A woman comforting a starving child when thousands of refugees of the drought arrived in the camp of Danan, 1980s. It is going to get much million people, in just 32 years.
southwest of Addis Ababa, back in April 2000. (Photo: lusa/EPA/Joel Robine) uglier in Ethiopia. You’re thinking: that will
Yet it’s practically taboo to never happen. Famine will be-
say that. The whole question of come normal in Ethiopia well
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based independent
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countries.
although they never worried in