The planned clear-out of abandoned properties along Monte Gordo’s beach front has started with the demolition of two old seaside buildings.
The damaged and abandoned properties (see below) are the first of a series of clearances to make way for Monte Gordo’s planned upgrade.
Police and prosecutors face calls to make it absolutely clear that Sir Cliff Richard is innocent after a lengthy child sex abuse investigation finally ended.
Keith Vaz, Labour chairman of the Commons home affairs select committee, and the Conservative former solicitor general Sir Edward Garnier both said that declaring there was “insufficient evidence” to lay charges was not enough.
Activist and journalist Rafael Marques has asked the Attorney General of the Republic of Angola to reverse the appointment of Isabel dos Santos as president of Sonangol, the Angolan state oil and gas company.
Marques accused president Eduardo dos Santos of having named his daughter as the oil comany chief by presidential decree, thus avoiding the inconvenience of parliamentary accord.
Over 1,000 bikers today protested in Lisbon's Praça do Rossio against the planned mandatory inspection of bikes, claiming the move is more to do with boosting inspection centres’ profits than with safety.
António Manuel Francisco, from the Motorcycling Federation of Portugal, said the proposed measure is designed "only to extort money from motorcyclists" and that "only 0.3% of motorcycle accidents are caused by mechanical failure."
Pedro Passos Coelho’s PSD party is demanding a commission of inquiry into Caixa Geral de Depósitos' dire financial situation while the government and Portugal's president seek alternatives to a formal inquiry.
The PSD has 89 serving MPs and needs just 42 to force a full inquiry but this move is being resisted by the government on the grounds of the stability of the Portuguese financial system.
Rio de Janeiro has been declared in a state of financial emergency by its governor who called for federal funds to avert a “total collapse in public security, health, education, transport and environmental management”.
The plea came with less than 50 days to go before the opening of the Olympics, South America’s first.
Greece is now set to receive €7.5 billion in an emergency bailout loan so that it can meet its repayment on part of another loan.
Greece will now be able to use the injection to pay €3.5bn to the European Central Bank next month in debt repayments and not have to default.
Lisbon Court of Appeal said on Friday that an appeal lodged by the controversial web-based transport company Uber against a court decision that prohibits its activity in Portugal is “partially acceptable” and has ordered the Lisbon Civil Court to reassess it.
The Lisbon Central Court accepted an injunction on 28 April 2015 from ANTRAL, the local taxi drivers’ association, and prohibited Uber operating in Portugal, a decision that the same court confirmed in June.
