A CTT workers' group has launched a petition demanding the State's buys back shares in CTT, currently a private company.
The objective is to defend the Universal Public Service arrangements which the current management seem adept at working their way around, to the detriment of users.
A lorry carrying gas bottles, overturned on the Algarve’s Via do Infante motorway this morning.
The driver was injured and was taken to Portimão hospital.
The Prosecutor's Office is not to charge the three former secretaries of state who went to France to watch football matches in August 2016, at the invitation of energy giant, Galp.
Three resignations were accepted after the public servants attend Euro 2016 football matches in France, at Galp's expense.
A report into the appalling management of the State-owned bank, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, is finished and has been sent to the Public Prosecution service which will decide who of the former directors will face charges.
The government-sponsored audit was undertaken by EY, formerly Ernst & Young and the result of this work, which looked at the years 2000 to 2015, is with the Public Prosecution Service and the European Central Bank.
Human rights problems persist in Portugal but there has been some progress, says Amnesty International whose latest report highlights housing inequality and the discrimination against vulnerable people and minority communities.
"After decades of international human rights commitments and significant progress in Portugal," there have been problems in integrating refugees and asylum seekers.
Despite vehement denials from Downing Street this morning, the Prime Minister is to postpone Tuesday evening’s key Brexit vote on endorsing, or not, the terms of the U.K.’s split from the European Union.
The pound fell to the lowest since June 2017, currently trading at around €1.10 as the market reacted to the possibility of a no-deal, 'hard' Brexit.
The President of TAP, Miguel Frasquilho, has joined the criticism already levelled by the head of the Portuguese Tourism Confederation, (HERE) stating that Lisbon’s airport will become the worst airport in the world for punctuality in a couple of years unless something is done to alleviate the pressure.
Frasquilho warned that, "if nothing is done, in two or three years, Portela Airport will, in terms of punctuality, the worst of the world,” adding that the punctuality stats showed a figure below of 50% so far this year.
The UK can walk away from Brexit by revoking Article 50, the EU’s top court has decided, also allowing the embattled PM to extend the negotiating time to organise an orderly exit.
The opinion accords with last week’s legal advice given to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg by its advocate general, who said as a sovereign nation, Britain could reverse its decision at any time without the need to gain agreement from any or all member States.
