The Court of Portimão has postponed the sentencing of the gynecologist accused of negligent homicide for allegedly causing the death of a woman during surgery.
The case dates back to April 2011 when the victim, a 27-year old nurse underwent surgery to improve her chances of conceiving.
Belgian air traffic controllers have announced plans to go on strike for two hours, a seemingly more measured approach than their peers in France who are on a six day strike.
Air space in Belgium will be shut down from 18.00 to 20.00 on Wednesday as the controllers protest budget cuts.
Brits stung in property deals in Brazil’s World Cup territory have turned for help to solicitors.
Investors are believed to have spent up to £19 million on plots of land in areas supposedly near the World Cup stadia. They had hoped that value would be added by the effect of the games along with rising land prices in the country.
A Spanish judge has recommended that a member of the country’s royal family must face trial on corruption charges.
Princess Cristina is accused of complicity in her husband’s business dealings and will face charges of tax evasion and money laundering linked to his business.
The Portuguese State, i.e. the Portuguese taxpayer, has been punished for not complying with an EC judgment in 2010 over the liberalisation of the telecommunications market which should have seen PT lose its monopoly.
Portugal’s dared not do anything to disrupt the inefficient, cozy world of Portuguese Telecom which led Brussels to launch a legal challenge, culminating in the conviction of the Portuguese State by the European Court in October 2010.
Paulo Macedo announced that he has authorised the recruitment of more nurses and doctors for the Algarve region, which everyone agrees is critically short of staff.
The Health Minister said in Parliament that 45 nurses as well as a number of physicians and GPs would be hired for Algarve region, many of them 'foreign.'
Accused lawyer and former MP, Duarte Lima, has been grilled twice this week.
On Tuesday he was questioned further about his role in the murder in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil of Rosalina Ribeiro over a €5 million inheritance.
The day before Lima was in the dock accused of aggravated fraud and money laundering involving BPN bank where he allegedly benefitted from various highly suspect loans amounting to more than €40 million which allowed him to acquire building land in Oeiras to the west of Lisbon.
One person was killed and four were injured, one of them seriously, following a collision between three vehicles in the Carvoeiro area, Lagoa according to a spokesman from the Lagoa fire department.
According to official reports, the accident occurred around 15.20, on the EN 124 by the CEPSA filling station and involved a van and two cars, killing the occupant of one of the vehicles, a 24-year old French woman who was on holiday.
