The Public Prosecution Service in Leiria has accused twelve people named in the report into the Pedrógão Grande fire last July which also tore through Castanheira de Pera, Figueiró dos Vinhos, Alvaiázere and Ansião.
The defendants stand accused, variously, of negligence and negligent homicide.
Another head-on collision on Portugal’s roads, this one on the IC1 near Ourique, in which two people died just after 2am on Thursday morning.
The crash, near the Monte Negro junction at Panóias, was between two good vehicles, one was transporting meat. Both drivers died at the scene.
The sale of the Herdad da Comporta Real Estate Fund has entered final negotiations with Deloitte now in talks with the Vanguard-Amorim consortium, the only bidder left in the game after management company Gesfimo, botched the process the first time aorund.
A purchase agreement soon should be presented to the shareholders of the Fund with the hope that they will not again reject the sales process for being underhand and 'not transparent', which is what happened last time.
The head of Portugal’s French-owned airports operator, ANA, said today that Ryanair is "free to leave."
ANA’s Chief Executive, Thierry Ligonnière, explained to Parliament that the Irish airline has no contractual obligation to continue to fly in and out of Portugal and can withdraw whenever it wanted to.
MPs were back after their summer holidays and debated the taxi drivers’ strike while outside parliament, around 500 drivers has gathered in protest against the new Uber law which they claim legalises unfair competition.
Portugal’s taxi drivers have been holding protests since last November, mainly in Lisbon, Faro and Porto, against the new law that comes into effect on November 1st and which they want to see amended to their advantage.
A teacher, who has been held in detention since November last year, has been found guilty of sexually abusing pupils at a school in Beja.
The 48-year-old man has been convicted of abusing four children and mistreated another between 2015 and 2017 at the school in the village of Salvada, Beja.
Faro Council is to run a pilot project to help elderly residents by installing tele-assistance equipment in their homes.
In October, the free of charge service will start to be commissioned in a partnership between the Council and Helpphone, a Porto-based company.
A wildfire this afternoon near Rogil, Aljezur, is being dealt with by over 200 fire service personnel as strong winds push the fames across forested countryside.
The alert was given at 1:20 pm. the fire had started on land the between Feiteira Industrial Zone and Rogil. Firefighters from several stations soon were dealing with a blaze that had spread to pine trees and scrub near Carrascalinho, Rogil.
