For those disappointed that the Galpgate case seemed to have fizzled out, with slaps on the wrist rather than criminal prosecutions, there have been developments...
The Lisbon Criminal Court of Appeal has rejected the request for the suspension of the 'Galpgate' case, the one involving three former secretaries of state, Fernando Rocha Andrade, João Vasconcelos and Jorge Costa Oliveira and the former adviser to the Prime Minister, Vitoria Escária, and others.
One of Lisbon’s iconic trams has derailed in the Lapa district leaving 28 injured, many of whom were trapped inside the carriage.
The derailment on Friday afternoon happened at the intersection of Rua São Domingos de Lapa and Garcia de Orta, at a steep section of track on the Campo de Ourique-Praça da Figueira, ‘number 25’ route.
2018 is set to be the worst year for safety on the Algarve’s roads for a decade with 38 deaths so far recorded this year.
The figures from the Road Safety Authority show that, although the safety record has improved over past decades, there have been 1,163 road traffic accident deaths since the beginning of the millennium.
A nasty spate of violent robberies in Olhão has been stopped after the Special Security Police identified and moved in on various suspects.
The Police caught one ringleader, a 34-year-old Portuguese man who already has served time for violent and serious crimes. He has been remanded in custody until his trial.
The Police have executed a warrant and arrested a 21-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of the fatal stabbing of a Cape Verdean at a popular bar in Montechoro, Albufeira.
According to the Police statement, "the crime occurred inside a night-time entertainment establishment (the Chor Bar) at dawn last Sunday."
The remaining lynx, of the 29 taken to Spain as the Monchique fire advanced on the reproduction centre in Silves, are returning to the Algarve.
Rodrigo Serra, director of the National Centre for Reproduction of the Iberian Lynx, located near the Arade Dam, said he expects to receive the remaining lynx by the end of this week as the repair work to fire damaged areas has been completed.
If the UK government thought that Portugal would be keen to negotiate a soft deal for British interests and British citizens living in the republic, Prime Minister Carlos Costa has made clear that his allegiance is to Brussels and his EU partners, not to 'break-away Britain.'
Costa said yesterday that nothing but a 'divine light' would be able to reconcile the divergent positions of the European Union and the United Kingdom, repeating that the Brexit agreement is the only one that exists and that it is not up for renegotiation.
Overseas property and finance expert Simon Conn has identified potential opportunities following reports that a number of British residents are leaving Spain.
Spain’s National Statistics Institute revealed a drop in the number of Brits living there in the last five years. However, Simon believes properties being sold by people who already have a home in Spain and are looking to sell it to return to their previous country could be snapped up by other purchasers at a favourable cost, including to those based in the UK.
