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Public Ministry takes oil drilling debate to Supreme Court

oilrigPortugal’s Public Ministry has appealed against the decision of the Central Administrative Court of the South which overturned the suspension of the license for oil exploration off Aljezur as issued the Administrative Court of Loulé last August.

The final decision will now fall to the Supreme Administrative Court.

EDP boss on over €6,000 a day

edpAntónio Mexia and six other directors of EDP earn more than one million euros per year.

The president of the national electric company took home €2.2 million euros in 2018, made up from salary, performance related pay and bonuses. Mexia earned €100,000 less than in 2017.

NOS systems failure affects customers nationwide

NOSThe NOS mobile phone operator suffered system failures and service interruptions on Sunday afternoon, nationwide.

The company’s management said on Sunday that full service will be resumed by 9pm.

Finanças seized 300,000 bank accounts and properties last year

financasPortugal’s tax authority seized 300,000 bank accounts and properties last year, a drop of 17% and the lowest number since 2014.

Despite the overall drop, real estate seizures increased between 2017 and 2018, rising from 16,166 to 18,008, including industrial and commercial buildings, lots of construction land, other land and houses.

TAP lost €118 million last year

tap2"2018 was difficult one for TAP, both operationally, economically and financially but it was a year that did not compromise our future," claimed Miguel Frasquilho, president of the airline's Board of Directors.

The TAP group recorded a loss of €118 million last year 2018, compared with a profit of €21.2 million the year before.

Portugal needs rain

droughtriverThe dry and sunny weather is all very well - but if it doesn’t rain soon, the summer will be full of news about water shortages and dying livestock.

The short-term weather forecast is for clear skies across the nation with, "no big prospects of heavy rainfall," according to the weather service.

Freak wave flips fishing boat off Portimão

wavesRoughA three-meter wave flipped over a fishing boat with three people on board, off the coast near Portimão early this monring.

The crew members were rescued and taken to hospital with signs of hypothermia.

Left Bloc MP joins fight against Portimão three hotel project

vasconcelosLeft Bloc MP and campaigner, João Vasconcelos, has requested an urgent hearing with the Secretary of State for Spatial Planning and Conservation of Nature, to clarify the planning proposal in Portimão at the clifftop site, João de Arens.

This hearing follows the contested construction of an 822 bed, three hotel real estate project in countryside between the beaches of Vau and Prainha.