The usually thoughtful party for People, Animals and Nature (PAN) has submitted a bill to parliament that asks for horse-drawn carts to be banned from Portugal’s roads, thus risking the ire of the Roma community and human rights organisations.
Claiming that these carts are “not compatible with an evolved society,” the move is seen by Roma communities as discriminatory.
A Portuguese man has died of a knife wound at West Ham Lane Recreation Ground in east London.
Bradley Quaresma, 20, was slashed across the neck during a skirmish at 15:15, a time when the park was full of families and children.
Britain’s economy was reported to have contracted at the fastest rate since the 2009 peak of the financial crisis.
The Markit survey, the first to measure business activity since the Brexit vote, found that the services sector in particular but also manufacturing declined.
After June proved to be the 14th consecutive month of record heat for land and sea, analysts suggest that 2016 is well on the way to becoming the hottest year on record.
For the first six months of 2016, average global temperatures were 1.3C higher than the pre-industrial times of the late 19th century, according to Nasa.
A hand grenade was spotted on Thursday afternoon, July 21st, lying in Residencial Avenida, Faro near a bus depot.
The Public Security Police Explosives Deactivation team was called and the area cordoned off by police with the fire service standing by.
Portugal’s tax authority has launched a surveillance operation to ensure that restaurants are complying with the new VAT rates, are issuing receipts and generally playing their part to stamp out the parallel economy of undeclared meals and tax evasion.
A reported 500 tax inspectors have been released on an unsuspecting sector at the busiest time of year until ‘the end of the summer.’
easyJet has reported a fall in revenue for the three months to June 30th, with “difficult and uncertain economic and operating environment” affecting exchange rates and hitting profitability.
Per seat revenue was down 8.3% to £54.54 per seat with total revenue dropping by 2.6% to £1,196 million for the quarter.
An Algarve MP has been asking questions about the long queues that have become the norm at Faro airport for travellers entering the country.
Teresa Caeiro, a CDS-PP member of parliament has asked the Minister of Planning and Infrastructure about recent local press reports of long delays at passport control, especially on Sundays which is the busiest day of the week.
