Passos Coelho will not "resort to any security programme" and said this solution has the support of Portugal’s European partners .
"It is the right choice at the right time” said Portugal's Prime Minister, flanked by smiling members of his team, but he made it clear that "there is a long way to go." "It's not overnight that we will enjoy all the benefits of being totally autonomous."
The difficulties formally reported by the group of 182 Doctors working in the Central Algarve Hospitals region are all over, according to the Ministry of Helath.
The problems caused by the merger of Faro and the Barlavento hospital in Portimo led to cancelled surgeries, but that is all in the past as the Ministry assures everyone that all is now running smoothly.
Iberia airlines is reported to be operating healthily again, coming back to life after losing money at the rate of €1.7m every day back in 2011.
That was the year when Spain’s carrier merged with British Airways to form International Airlines Group headed up by Willie Walsh.
The Federation of Hunters of the Algarve, with help from hunting clubs and associations, and hunting tourism companies, are scouring the countryside today to clear up any rubbish left by hunters and walkers in preparation for the annual slaughter of wildlife.
The traditional walkabout to tidy up hunting zones in the region’s farms and forests has the full support of Parish Councils who are to benefit from the proceeds of the sale of any scrap metal collected. Any money thus raised will go to local charitable causes and needy citizens.
Portugal's security police bosses have tried to shrug off the implications of a list of police vehicles that has appeared on Facebook.
The PSP said that the list of vehicles released by "Anonymous Portugal" is an old one.
A chastened Superior Council of Magistrates next week must submit to Portugal's Supreme Court of Justice a detailed rationale for its selection of several of the judges chosen to preside in the new 'judicial map' of 23 courts.
In a pointed commentary, the Supreme Court concluded that the decisions made by the Superior Council of Magistrates were plainly "unfair and incomprehensible," as well as infringing any number of selection standards and protocols.
A 16-year old cyclist died from his injuries having been hit by a car driven by an off-duty GNR officer on the way back from a birthday party - at 09.20 in the morning.
The accident occurred near Aquapark on the Quarteira to Albufeira road on Thursday morning, May 1st. Leandro Carvalho was taken to Faro hospital where later he died from his injuries.
The government is raising VAT and social security contributions in a plan to restore the drop in wages paid to civil servants and in pensions, over the next five years.
The Government is to increase the standard VAT rate by 0.25% to 23.25% and contributions to Social Security to 11.2% and promises to restore the wage cuts by 2020.
