The regional Court in Évora has confirmed the sentenced passed in Portimão on Nigel Jackson, the Briton found guilty of murdering his partner Brenda Davidson and of concealing her body.
Jackson got 25 years in jail, the maximum allowed under Portuguese law, for the gruesome murder in 2014 of his partner in the house they shared in Alcalar, Portimão.
Taxi drivers have been using Facebook to threaten the Deputy Secretary of State for the Environment José Mendes who now has increased police security.
An evaluation by the Public Security Police and the Security Information Service has noted the growing tension due to scheduled legalisation to legalise alternative transport services such as Uber and Cabify.
The government plans to demolish thousands of dams across Portugal which no longer are justifiable on environmental grounds.
A working group set up by the Government is to draw up a list of obsolete dams by the end of the first quarter of 2017 devise a demolition schedule.
On October 21st the bond rating agency DBRS is to state whether Portugal has hung onto its current, life-saving rating of just over ‘junk’ status.
This has allowed the country to stay in the European Central Bank’s State bond-buying programme without which the cost of borrowing for Portugal would rise steeply.
The 7th edition of the Bird Watching & Nature Activities Festival, which took place between 30 September and 5 October, had a total of 1,109 people taking part in various of the 300 activities on offer.
The Minister of the Environment, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, and the Assistant Secretary of State for the Environment, José Mendes, released two birds of prey from captivity, planted trees and generally smiled for the cameras.
The president of France has signalled that the UK will have a price to pay for its departure from the European Union.
President Hollande’s comments are likely to have contributed to the unease in the financial markets where fears are growing over the possibility of a ‘hard’ exit, namely severing ties with EU institutions as well as the single market.
To the delight of ‘Votes for Life’ campaigners, the UK government today released a 20-point plan to deliver its Queen’s speech commitment to table legislation that should enable all British expats to vote in UK parliamentary elections
WWII veteran and Votes for Life campaigner, Harry Shindler, has been resident in Italy since 1982 and has not been able to vote in UK elections since 1997 due to the 15-year rule.
Foreign investors have not been deterred by the Brexit vote when it comes to London’s commercial properties.
Taking advantage of the drop in the value of sterling as well as discounts offered, companies from abroad have been piling in.
