The names of debtors to those banks that have received state support will have to be published in a move that introduces greater transparency.
Despite the Socialist MPs abstaining, the other parties voted for the change that will annoy the governor of the bank of Portugal who has resisted the move, claiming it contravenes ‘banking secrecy’ rules.
"The new airport will not be built if the environmental study does not allow it," stated Portugal’s prime minister, a day after signing the agreement to create a second Lisbon airport at the Montijo air base.
Prime Minister António Costa’s statement about the missing environmental impact study could lead environmentalists to conclude that he already knows the study's contents and recommendations to be acceptable.
A Spanish crew on a Dutch-registered boat face the muscle of the Portuguese navy on Monday when they were hauled over, accused of illegal fishing.
The Navy announced the seizure of a vessel engaged in illegal fishing off Vila Real de Santo António.
Court beckons for a 73-year-old Belgian man and a 58-year-old woman, both charged in connection with a murder committed in Messines in 2016.
According to the indictment issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office, the woman, a friend of the Belgian man, often stayed over at his home in Silves.
The Municipal Civil Protection Service has warned of zero temperatures and the risk of fire.
SMPC alerts for persistence of cold and dry weather, weak or moderate sometimes strong wind in uplands and formation of frost.
The GNR’s annual Senior Census operation, that identifies and helps elderly and vulnerable people, has registered 3,165 people living alone, in isolated properties and/or in vulnerable situations.
The GNR guards are especially alert for those with physical or psychological problems that could put their safety at risk.
Saint Vincent is to have a Catholic Church named in his honour in the western Algarve.
Just over 1,700 years after his death, St Vincent remains a martyr and patron of the Algarve's diocese despite his being the patron Saint of Lisbon – and of winemakers.
Portugal's parliament formally has recommended to the government executive that it suspends oil and gas exploration in the Alcobaça and Pombal concession areas, in accordance to a resolution just published in Diário da República.
In the official entry, MPs recommend that the executive, "makes every effort to cancel the exploration contracts for hydrocarbons in the Lusitanian Basin, in Alcobaça and Pombal, with the Australian company, Australis, Oil & Gas."
