Portugal's top three banks have decided to club together over those problem customers who owe all three of them money.
Some jointly held bad loans soon will be managed by a special team made up from managers at Caixa Geral de Depositos, Novo Banco and MillenniumBCP.
The Spanish Ministry of Health has confirmed 154 cases of food poisoning, triggered by the consumption of adulterated Spanish tuna in several regions of the country, in other European countries and in Portugal.
According to El Mundo newspaper, Spain’s Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday that the tuna poisoning had caused a rash of problems across Spain and in others countries such as Germany, France, Italy and Portugal.
Eighty cases of female genital mutilation were registered in Portugal last year.
The Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality claims that the work being done to combat this most hideous of crimes against "women over the age of 15, in late adolescence or adulthood" is being effective but needs further work within Portugal's foreign communities.
The long-running investigation into qualified tax fraud, corruption and money laundering, involving 31 defendants, nine companies and 22 individuals, should be finished a month before the deadline meaning that charges finally will be announced in October.
José Sócrates, (pictured), the prime suspect in an alleged web of illicit transactions, dubious commissions, tax evasion, offshore accounts, cash payments and corruption, will soon know the details of what he is being charged.
The Judiciary Police have arrested the person who shot a man in the face early on Tuesday morning, September 26th, in the Penha area of Faro.
According to the police, the detainee approached a man sitting in the front seat of a car and fired a shot through the window, "which hit him on the right cheek."
The Guardiana river, marking the lower border area between Portugal and Spain, is hosting a new visitor as a blue crab, found in the estuary in June, has been identified.
Researchers from the Centre for Marine Sciences confirmed the visitor was indeed a 'Chesapeake blue crab' from the US where it is valued as a food source.
Ryanair is to suspend the 'Geordie special' route between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Faro from November this year until next Spring.
Not content with cancelling hundreds of flights, causing chaos for thousands of passengers, the Irish airline also is taking the knife, albeit temporarily, to 34 low-volume routes this winter.
Deco lawyer, Margarida Moura, considers that Portugal’s banks are acting illegally in charging customers monthly fees for operating their bank accounts.
Moura says there is a gap in the law covering these charges as there is no definition of exactly what a banking service should consist of.
