The former president of TAP, Fernando Pinto and four others are indicted in a corruption investigation, according to the Public Prosecution Service.
The information was confirmed on Tuesday by the Attorney General's Office, after a report in Púbico stated that Pinto had been made a defendant in an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the purchase and management of Varig Engineering and Maintenance between 2005 and 2007.
The head of the Criminal Investigation section of the Loulé GNR has been detained for questioning over the arms and ammunition that went missing from the Tancos military base.
The Judicial Police today arrested Sergeant Lima Santos of the Loulé GR. Also detained was Colonel Luís Augusto Vieira, the Director General of the Military Police.
The National Maritime Authority has warned that the Algarve coastline will be hit with a south-easterly bringing high seas over the next few days.
From now until the 28th, ‘levante’ conditions will be poor with the worst turbulence predicted for dawn on the 27th of September, when winds are expected to reach about 56 kmph with two-meter-high waves along the coast – 2.5 metres out to sea.
Former Minister, Manuel Pinho, is suspected of using a tax forgiveness scheme to legalise offshore payments received from BES.
The Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating Manuel Pinho's alleged appeal to tax forgiveness scheme under the governments of José Sócrates and Passos Coelho which allowed undeclared money nestling in offshore accounts to be transferred to Portugal.
Madeleine McCann's parents have decided to shut down the online store that helped raise money to fund the search for their daughter, missing since May 2007.
The online business sold T-shirts and other items with Madeleine’s picture, such as car stickers with slogans stating, ‘Please don’t give up on me,’ and ‘Still missing, still missed’.
Six people died this morning following a head-on collision between two vans in the IC8 at Pombal.
The dead were workers at local businesses. Four of the victims worked for Pavimilhas and two worked for Ilhaugusto Construções.
In the Algarve, three luxury hotels and one golf course were distinguished in the 15th Publituris Portugal Travel Awards, at a ceremony on September 21st at Troia.
These ‘tourism Oscars’ were awarded to Vila Vita Parc in Lagoa (pictured) as ‘Best Resort,’ Salgados Palm Village near Galé in Albufeira (pictured below) as ‘Best Family Resort Hotel’ and Vila Joya, also in Galé, as ‘Best Beach Hotel’ in Portugal.
The lively BPM festival at the Arade Congress Center in Parchal proved a fertile venue for drug busts with the authorities detaining 62 people over the three day event.
"Between September 21st and 24th, the GNR from Silves detained 62 people in the Lagoa and Portimão area, seizing 4,066 drugs at the BPM Festival.
