The illegal fuel import scam cost the Portuguese State €66 million between 2013 and 2017, during which period the cheapo filling station chains increased their market share by 2.7%.
The companies bought diesel in Spain, paying lower biofuel tax rates than those applied in Portugal, as if the consignments were to be sold into the Spanish market.
Good news for the Algarve’s fishing ports again has been announced, with Docapesca stating that it plans to invest about €7.6 million in the region between 2019 and 2021.
This spend was stated by the Ministry of the Sea in response to a question from the Portuguese Communist Party.
The Silves Police arrested and detained the man they suspect of killing José Martins Nunes with whom he lived in Silves near the Arade river.
Nunes, 57, known locally as 'Zé Prego', was found with five deep head wounds on the morning of September 1st, 2018.
The association involved in the anti-oil fight in Loulé Administrative Court, ASMA, reports that over 700 people endorsed its right to represent the 42,000 members of the public who earlier had signed an anti-oil petition.
Individuals and associations signed and sent a letter to Loulé Court after the government’s lawyers successfully petitioned the judge with the argument that, as the original 42,000 people had signed the petition a while ago, they might have changed their minds.
A head-on crash involving two vans on the EN125 near Mexilhoeira Grande left one man dead and two people injured early this Saturday afternoon.
One of the vehicles was owned by the Portimão waste company EMARP whose driver was injured.
The parliamentary group of the Left Bloc has submitted yet another draft resolution recommending the government abolishes tolls on the Algarve’s Via do Infante (A22).
"What has to be abolished as soon as possible the tolls on the Via do Infante, because their continuation continues a very negative and tragic error for the Algarve," state the Left Bloc's MPs.
The Portuguese Environment Agency, Monchique Council and local environmental association ‘A Nossa Terra’ have signed a partnership to promoting environmental education and volunteering activities, especially in Natura 2000 areas in Monchique.
The partnership will be funded under the EU's LIFE project for volunteering* which will be rolled out to all of the Algarve municipalities - Monchique being the first due to the recent fire and the government’s need to for some positive news after the fire that burned 27,000 hectares of land and forest this summer.
Lagoa Council may well decide against the new Algarve Tourist Tax, joining Silves council in voting against the controversial measure when it comes up for debate in their Council Assemblies.
The Mayor of Lagoa, Francisco Martins, voted in favour of the tax at a key meeting of AMAL, the Algarve mayors’ association, but he is not convinced that the tax will receive a positive vote in Lagoa when it is debated and voted on next year.
