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Note 20 - Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of components in cash and cash equivalents [text block] |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Short term bank deposits (i) |  |  | 4,688.5 |  |  |  | 4,027.6 |
Current bank accounts |  |  | 5,077.1 |  |  |  | 3,467.3 |
Cash |  |  | 588.9 |  |  |  | 381.9 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 10,354.5 |  |  |  | 7,876.8 |
Bank overdrafts |  |  | (1.8 | ) |  |  | - |
Cash and cash equivalents less bank overdraft |  |  | 10,352.7 |  |  |  | 7,876.8 |

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