The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Portuguese State must repay €30,000 to Visão magazine.
At issue was an abuse of the freedom of the press and of defamation.
A doubling of fish production by 2020 and a consequent reduction of imports are the twin goals of the 'Aquaculture +' programme presented by minister Ana Paula Vitorino on a visit to Aveiro.
The Minister for the Sea and all things fishy presented a new package of measures for aquaculture and hopes the €80 million to be made available will attract an equivalent sum of private investment.
Spain is set to ask Germany for the return of certain archaeological treasures which it gave willingly to one of the most powerful men of the Nazi regime.
Gold and bronze artefacts from the Visigoth period in Spain were presented to Heinrich Himmler, head of the notorious SS. Himmler was on a visit to General Francisco Franco in 1940 in Madrid.
The French minister for trade has added his country’s voice to concerns over the trade deal between the US and the EU and has called for the talks to be dropped.
Matthias Fekl, the minister for foreign trade, tweeted that the French government demanded that negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) should cease.
Sunseeker has opened a sales office at Vilamoura marina, marked by an opening party last weekend. Sunseeker is recognised worldwide as a premier manufacturer of luxury motor yachts based in Poole in the UK.
Many existing Algarve-based Sunseeker yacht owners were present at the launch with a backdrop of three Sunseeker vessels, the San Remo, the Predator 57 and Predator 84.
A health centre in Vila Real de Santo António has had its plumbing stripped out and replaced after legionella had been detected more than once.
A routine analysis on August 12 showed that legionella, the cause of the often fatal Legionnaire’s disease, again was lurking in the old pipework.
Those responsible for Church finances across Portugal have met in Fátima to agree a response to the Tax Authority as a recent avalanche of property tax demands has led to disquiet and anger.
The Church is exempt from IMI property taxes under an agreement in 1940, updated in 2004, which states that property used for Church purposes does not have to pay Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis (IMI).
Olhão’s mini crime-wave continues with several incidents reported in the past two weeks.
The ferry service ticket office was broken into and €1,500 in cash, rolls of blank tickets and some personal property was stolen, a total of €8,000.
The commander of the port of Olhão, Pedro Nunes Ferreira, said that three suspects have been identified and he is awaiting fingerprint evidence to be matched.
