Portugal’s foreign minister has rejected the idea that the country is developing a problematic reliance on China, as Chinese companies are expected to bid to invest in a strategic port project. Augusto Santos Silva rebuked this speculation by telling press that “a myth has been created that Portugal is some kind of a special friend of China in Europe. That makes no sense at all.”
After a brief moment of conflict between the two entities earlier this month after a series of misunderstandings surrounding a public Q&A session with the Mayor in December, PAN Algarve have met with the municipality of Olhão to discuss animal protection, and to reconcile their differences.
Citing freedom of expression, a Lisbon court has ruled against Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola’s former president, who had demanded the removal of a set tweets written by a long-time Portuguese critic accusing her of money-laundering.
Construction work aimed at reducing the risk of flooding along Albufeira’s seafront began this week and is expected to make this part of the city less flood-prone in the lead-up to the region’s flooding season in the coming months.
Portimão City Council has finished setting up a temporary night shelter for vulnerable people, namely homeless people, displaying that the municipality is aware of their social action responsibilities at this time of year, when the weather conditions are marked by sharp drops in temperature at night.
Portugal’s central bank is carrying out an inspection of small local lender Eurobic, in which Angolan billionaire and former first daughter Isabel dos Santos is the main shareholder, to assess its procedures against money laundering, Eurobic said.
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has been carrying out searches at Banco Montepio, throughout the association's headquarters, and at homes and smaller associated businesses. The searches are being done under the pretence of the alleged crimes of qualified fraud, money laundering, and qualified tax fraud.
Far-right agitators in Portugal now have different reasons to their 1970s predecessors for becoming radicalised and committing acts of political violence a new study shows.
