Portugal’s tax authority seized 300,000 bank accounts and properties last year, a drop of 17% and the lowest number since 2014.
Despite the overall drop, real estate seizures increased between 2017 and 2018, rising from 16,166 to 18,008, including industrial and commercial buildings, lots of construction land, other land and houses.
"2018 was difficult one for TAP, both operationally, economically and financially but it was a year that did not compromise our future," claimed Miguel Frasquilho, president of the airline's Board of Directors.
The TAP group recorded a loss of €118 million last year 2018, compared with a profit of €21.2 million the year before.
The dry and sunny weather is all very well - but if it doesn’t rain soon, the summer will be full of news about water shortages and dying livestock.
The short-term weather forecast is for clear skies across the nation with, "no big prospects of heavy rainfall," according to the weather service.
A three-meter wave flipped over a fishing boat with three people on board, off the coast near Portimão early this monring.
The crew members were rescued and taken to hospital with signs of hypothermia.
Left Bloc MP and campaigner, João Vasconcelos, has requested an urgent hearing with the Secretary of State for Spatial Planning and Conservation of Nature, to clarify the planning proposal in Portimão at the clifftop site, João de Arens.
This hearing follows the contested construction of an 822 bed, three hotel real estate project in countryside between the beaches of Vau and Prainha.
The GNR in Faro detained a 48-year-old man who assaulted and threatened his former partner in front of her youngest daughter.
Faro’s GNS said that the man was arrested for domestic violence on Wednesday following an investigation by the Center for Investigation and Victim Support in Faro.
A study by Nielsen reveals that the Portuguese are buying less, but spending increasingly higher amounts, especially on premium products, despite an overall trend of decreasing consumption.
"We found that the Portuguese are not buying more in quantity, but are buying higher priced categories or products, giving rise to a positive price effect," Nielsen says.
The Fiscal Action Unit, based in Faro, joined colleagues across much of the country on Tuesday, March 19, in an investigation into tax fraud - named as 'Ouro Verde.'
Searches in Faro, Beja, Évora, Setúbal, Santarém, Leiria, Coimbra, Viseu and Oporto culminated in the arrest of four people, three men and one woman.
