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.
A 31-year-old Cape Verdean man was fatally stabbed this morning, outside a popular bar in Montechoro, Albufeira.
The alert was raised at 6am on Sunday morning, according to a source from the Faro GNR.
Portugal’s volunteer firefighters’ National Council has voted not to send any operational information to District Relief Operations Commanders, hence cutting the National Civil Protection Authority out of the information loop, as from Saturday night.
The firefighters’ president announced that his members would "immediately abandon" the National Authority for Civil Protection management structure and have nothing more to do with it.
The Portuguese authorities, in partnership with the British, have been running a joint operation in several parts of the Algarve to detect tobacco and booze tax and customs ‘irregularities.’
The Fiscal Action Unit from Faro GNR said that Operation Guardian involved the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, supported by the GNR and Coastal Command.
António Damião, the man caught on video as he stabbed a man at the Forum Algarve shopping centre on 21 November, will be held in custody until his trial date.
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the victim is Damião’s landlord who had been demanding the payment of rent arrears.
