Fifteen officers from Portugal’s Public Security Police (PSP) and a security guard working at a nightlife venue were detained late on Tuesday morning, 5th May, as part of fresh investigative steps in the alleged torture case involving detainees at Lisbon’s Rato police station, according to reports by TVI/CNN Portugal.
The Rotary Club of Lagoa has introduced a marine drone designed to collect floating waste, in an initiative aimed at environmental protection and reducing plastic pollution in coastal waters.
The President of the Republic today gave the thumbs-up to a parliamentary decree amending Portugal’s Nationality Law, approved by the PSD, Chega, Liberal Initiative (IL) and CDS-PP, whilst expressing regret that the reform was not grounded in “broader consensus” and free from what he described as “ideological marks of the moment”.
A precautionary injunction lodged by the former owner of land expropriated for the construction of a desalination plant in Albufeira has immediately suspended the project’s works, it was announced today.
The Algarve has been included in a plan by Portugal’s Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) to review the country’s approach to tackling urban crime, focusing on solutions that extend beyond municipal borders.
Portugal’s government has appointed former Algarve mayor and environment official Macário Correia to lead a newly created state company tasked with delivering one of the country’s largest water management programmes, as Lisbon steps up investment to confront drought risk and long-term climate pressures.
A body was discovered today, 1st May, in the Ria Formosa lagoon, close to Faro Island, a peninsula along the coast of Faro, after shellfish gatherers raised the alarm, according to Portuguese tabloid Correio da Manhã (CM).
Portugal’s president used his Labour Day bank holiday address to warn of mounting economic and social pressures on workers, arguing that insecure employment and rising living costs are undermining the promise that work should guarantee a dignified life.
