As the country wakes up to the heightened threat of terrorism, a television news team has presented a frightening report on a “poorly secured” warehouse near Viseu that holds enough radioactive material to “paralyse the country”.
It is not the immediate dangers of yellowcake uranium that alerted RTP’s SIC às 9 - but the importance the haul could have for terrorists.
The online retailer Amazon has proclaimed it is “excited that so many customers are taking advantage of Sunday delivery”.
A huge surge in UK deliveries on Sundays resulted in a four-fold increase compared to last year.
A controversial project to build two five-star hotels and two tourist complexes in the Quinta da Rocha estate, near Ria de Alvor estuary, is currently available for public consultation until February 6.
Led by Aprígio Santos – a business man who has been dubbed an ‘eco vandal’ by environmentalists - the bid includes the construction of 300 tourist beds across the estate’s 200-hectare area and is expected to create around 100 direct jobs. The project, aimed at “nature tourism”, is set within the Ria de Alvor’s Tourist Development Plan (Núcleo de Desenvolvimento Turístico da Ria de Alvor).
Years after they were indicted for sex crimes against children, former television personality Carlos Cruz and former UNESCO ambassador Jorge Ritto have finally been stripped of their honours. According to Portuguese law, anyone going to prison for more than three years automatically loses any honours. Both men were condemned to over six years each in the Casa Pia sex scandal which involved a number of high- ranking public officials and professional people.
Among the recommendations in the report from the Inspector General for Internal Administration, requested by new minister Anabela Rodrigues, is the creation of an advisory board of the great and the good from the legal, financial, tax and policing disciplines.
The report recommends legislative changes to the whole scheme and the preparation of a "clear and transparent" Golden Visa idiot’s guide to show how to process applications.
Plans to drill for oil and gas off the Canary Islands have been dropped after the energy giant Repsol said insufficient quantities had been found.
It would not be surprising if the bars on the islands were full of rejoicing locals.
A series of loud bangs and the sound of breaking glass woke many Olhão residents in the early hours as vandals left a trail of destruction from the council building as far as the Social Security office about a kilometre north.
Random acts of vandalism are not uncommon in the hard drinking city with late night revellers weaving their way back home deciding no night out is complete unless a shop window or two is smashed.
Oxfam has warned that 1% of the world’s richest people by next year will own more than that of the remaining 99%.
Their research indicates that the wealthiest 1% have seen their share of global assets rise from 44% in 2009 to 48% last year - with an average worth of $2.7million (£1.8m) each. The figure is predicted to exceed 50% this year.
