It will be no surprise to the anti-oil associations and their supporters that the government, in the form of the Ministry of the Sea, is to challenge Loulé court’s ruling that suspended activity relating to the drilling of a test well off Aljezur by the Galp-ENI consortium.

Why the Portuguese taxpayer is funding this appeal by the Ministry of the Sea and the General Directorate of Marine Resources is interesting as as this would seem to be the concession holder's fight, not a taxpayer funded struggle against something the taxpayer generaly doesn't want to see happen.

Ryanair cabin crew ordered the removal of a thirteen-year-old autistic girl from her return flight from Faro to East Midlands Airport, leaving her distressed and stranded at the airport. 

Daisy Jarvis, 13, was forced off the flight after cabin crew refused to believe that she was flying with family members, despite there being several family members on board and had her removed by security.

Pedro Queiroz Pereira, controller of Semapa and Navigator, two of the largest Portuguese companies involved in the eucalyptus business, has died at the age of 69.

Pereira was from Lisbon and had interests in the paper and hotel industry - he owned the Ritz in Lisbon - but his focus was on planting more and more eucalyptus to feed his pulp mills and supply biomass power stations.

Portugal is hotting up again, just in time for the weekend with fifteen districts on yellow alert as from Saturday morning.

All regions will see temperatures rise to those expected in an Iberian August with only Bragança, Vila Real and Viseu not reaching yellow, the third highest on the four colour scale.

On 16 August, seven unions from Portugal, Belgium, Italy and Spain sent an open letter to Ryanair's shareholders, the main ones being: FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd., Michael O’Leary, HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd., Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Baillie Gifford & Co., Allianz Global Investors GmbH, Artisan Partners LP, Henderson Global Investors Ltd., Schroder Investment Management Ltd. and Carmignac Gestion SA..

The letter reads as follows:

In a possible over-reaction to an outbreak of distemper, while fully aware that new animal welfare laws start this September, a Council has overseen the slaughter of 50 dogs which those that care for animals say was unnecessary.

Dozens of people gathered in Praça da República, in the center of Braga, to express their disgust at the way the local Council managed an outbreak of distemper at the Official Collection Centre for dogs.

Anti-bullfighting activists from the Vegan Strike Group have filed a complaint against attackers who assaulted them as they were being led from Albufeira bullring by the GNR.

Video taken at the August 9th bullfight in Albufeira recorded three activists invading the centre of the bullring to demonstrate against the contentious blood sport.

As the Algarve’s Regional Health Administration continues to ignore nurses’ union requests for a full and frank meeting over nurses' back pay and career progression, the government confirmed the appointment of Dr Paulo Morgado as the Algarve health region’s president, for a five year term.

Dr Paulo Morgado has been doing the job since March 1st last year, but only on an interim basis. He now has been confirmed in the post after the job was advertised and other candidates considered by the selection board at the Recruitment and Selection Committee for Public Administration.