Two PSP officers were hit and killed by a train today as they chased burglars. The accident happened in Sacavém zone just outside Lisbon.
According to police sources, the two officers were called to help sort out a burglary that had taken place and decided to chase the fleeing suspects along the railway line.
The European Commission today announced that as part of its regular economic analysis of member states it has placed five of them in a ‘special monitoring’ category due to 'excessive economic imbalances.'
"We concluded that five countries, France, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria and Portugal, each have excessive imbalances that require determined political action and specific monitoring," said the Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Pierre Moscovici.
The Court of Appeal of Lisbon (TRL) has rejected an appeal by those found guilty in the BCP Millennnium case.
Jardim Gonçalves, Filipe Pinhal and Antonio had appealed against their convictions, sentences and fines to judges in the criminal court of Lisbon.
The police inquiry into historical sex offence against Sir Cliff Richard has “increased significantly in size” and concerns “more than one allegation,” according to the police.
The South Yorkshire Police chief constable also said that as a result no date could be given for the conclusion of the case.
The EU is planning to create a single European energy market, thereby undercutting dependence on Russia for its supplies.
EU countries import 53% of their energy at a cost of around €400bn, according to EU figures.
Inflation in the eurozone stood at -0.6% in January. This was the lowest recorded rate since January 2009.
Portugal’s -0.4% was close to the eurozone average. Over the course of the last six months, the rate in Portugal has been fluctuating around the 0.1% mark, but tumbled in December to -0.3% and dropped another point in January.
Amnesty International’s 2014 annual report for the first time highlights the impact of austerity measures in Portugal, saying that the economic and social rights of the poor have been affected.
António Pinto Nunes, president of the Federation of Roma Associations, says little has changed in police behaviour and that the Roma community continues to have a hard time finding jobs.
Portugal’s French owned airports operator, ANA and Tourism of Portugal have signed an agreement to promote tourism and to integrate some of their marketing activities.
The protocol was signed on the day that the Bank of Portugal showed that tourism was the "saviour" of the country’s trade balance, representing almost 15% of Portuguese exports.
