The Constitutional Court has refused to consider an appeal lodged by the former MP, Duarte Lima, against a six-year jail sentence he received in the BPN Homeland fraud and money-laundering case.
This being the Portuguese justice system, Lima can appeal his unsuccessful appeal to the Constitutional Court - to the Constitutional Court.
Gas drilling projects due to start next year may not be in National Ecological Reserve zones, but will disturb areas containing archaeological remains.
The environmental impact studies (EIA) made for the 620,000 hectare Aljubarrota and Pombal onshore oil and gas concession areas, controlled by Australis Oil & Gas, show that the proposed drill sites are in areas of "high archaeological sensitivity."
Hotels and Alojamento Local tourist accommodation businesses across the Algarve, saw a 3.5% increase in earnings in October compared to the same period of 2017, despite a 1% drop in the occupation rate.
"The volume of sales increased by 3.5% in October, reported the region’s Hotels and Tourist Enterprises of Algarve association (AHETA) in the summary of its monthly report.
Two former mayors of Silves Council, Isabel Soares and Rogério Pinto, have lost their appeals against their conviction in the Vigia D’Ouro case, whose detrimental financial effects are continue to hamper municipal finances.
In October, 2018, the Court of Auditors upheld an earlier judgement that the former mayors, Isabel Soares and Rogério Pinto have to pay the sums of €228,399 and €30,624, plus interest, to the Council Treasury as they had been "the perpetrators of a financial infraction of a reintegrative nature."
The Guadiana Eurocity, a cooperation between Ayamonte, Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António Councils, officially has been has been recognised as a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation and now can apply for EU funding.
"We believe that the Eurocity of the Guadiana has ample possibilities of constructing a strategy for the development of the territory, trying to mitigate the limitations of the three municipalities. By acting together, we gain scale and boost our goals," says Luís Romão at the inaugural general meeting of the Iberian Network of Transfrontier Entities.
For bi-lingual residents with a yearning for the history of accountancy, nirvana awaits as on November 17, at 3:00 p.m. in the Municipal Archive of Loulé, a further session in the "O Documento que se segue" series will be held.
"The municipal accounts of Loulé and the origins of accounting in Portugal (1200-1500)" is the knotty topic to be presented by the economic historian, António Castro Henriques.
Castro Marim Council has approved its 2019 budget which, with EU funds included, means a spend of just over €20 million.
Projects include building the Centre for Nautical Activities at the Odeleite reservoir, the footbridge between Altura and Manta Rota, improvements to the water supply network and the reopening of the east gate of Castro Marim Castle.
The Communist Party has demanded that the government explains why one of Portugal’s most remarkable archaeological discoveries, on the coast at Arrifana, Aljezur, is overgrown, abandoned, ignored and attracts zero interest from the Ministry of Culture.
There is highly unlikely to have been a budget allocation for 2019, leaving the Moorish necropolis, "completely abandoned and in need of cleaning, deforestation, consolidation and restoration."
