A group of lawyers filed a request with the Supreme Court for the immediate release of the young mother who left her son in a dumpster, as they consider her pre-trial detention to be "absolutely illegal".
Surgeon Jose Fragata has warned earlier today that the National Health Service may be "very close to the point of no return", arguing that health "really has to be a priority" in the current legislature.
The two individuals wanted to travel to London, and had counterfeit Italian passports in their possession.
It seems as if the set of renovations planned for the Praia de Faro campsite will go ahead. The Loulé Administrative Court rejected the Protective Order presented by campers who have presided over the campsite in recent years, who belong to the Association of Praia de Faro Camping Users and Friends (AUAPCPF). This was announced today, the 11th of November, by Faro Council. The work was supposed to have started on October 1st, but the injunction forced a delay to its start.
The event saw Loulé Council promise more human and technical resources from the Government, and much pomp, as the occasion demanded. The centenary of the Maritime Police (PM) was officially celebrated yesterday, Sunday, in Quarteira, in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Defense, alongside a large military presence.
The Ministry of Environment has guaranteed that there will be "no mining prospecting or crude researching in the Alto Douro Wine Region", an area of over 26,000 hectares classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Portimão City Council announced yesterday, Thursday, November 7th, that an embargo has been put in place preventing to demolition of the Vivenda Compostela, located in Praia da Rocha, "in order to find alleged" opposition to the destruction of the building, which is regarded as being one of oldest in Praia da Rocha.
The Portuguese labour market is sending mixed signals. The total unemployment rate fell to 6.1% of the working population in the third quarter of this year, the lowest it’s been in 16 years. The youth unemployment rate also eased down slightly to 17.9%, according to data revealed by National Statistics Institute (INE) on Wednesday.
