The Web Summit, held for the past two years in Lisbon, was courting danger by inviting the French far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, to speak at its next conference on November 5th, 2018, at the Altice Arena.
Co-founder of the wildly popular event, Paddy Cosgrave, stated today that he had changed his mind and that Le Pen’s invitation had been withdrawn, "based on advice we have received and the large reaction online overnight."
Since Portugal’s government legalised abortion, numbers opting for the operation have fallen and there have been no related deaths since 2011
In the 1970s, abortion was the third leading cause of death among women but between 2002 and 2007, the years leading up to its legalisation, there were 14 deaths known to be related to abortion procedures.
An American fisherman managed to hit a world record this Monday by capturing a 366-kilogram Blue marlin near Calheta, Madeira.
According to local press, the previous record fish of 358 kilos was caught off the Ivory Coast 28 years ago. This was beaten on Monday by sports fisherman, Gary Carter.
The fire that broke out to the north Monchique on 3 August destroyed precisely 27,635 hectares by August 11th, according to data released by the European Forest Fire Information System.
A few additional hectares can be added as re-ignitions damaged further forest areas but the Bombeiros have been adept at putting these out quickly.
Portugal and Spain’s governments profess to being concerned that recent ‘abnormal’ electricity price rises are turning power into a luxury item for an increasing number of households.
The astonishing 20% rise in recent weeks in wholesale electricity prices across the Iberian market is worrying the two countries' energy chiefs so much that they have done what all politicians do when they lack answers, they have "set up a working group, to study the situation.”
The June headcount of civil servants shows there are 16,000 more now than when the Socialist Party government took power, three years ago.
Of Portugal's 4.8 million workers, the number of civil servants has increased to 675,000, still way short of the 728,000 State employees when the Troika rode into town in late 2011.
The Secretary of State for Energy today claimed that he knew nothing about the decision of the Loulé Administrative Court that halts exploratory oil drilling off Aljezur.
"The court legitimately made a decision that, I as a Secretary of State and also the Ministry of Economy did not know about, we are not part of the decision," said Jorge Seguro Sanches, speaking to incredulous journalists in Lisbon.
In the first six months of this year, 16 women have been murdered after domestic violence became lethal.
The danger for women rises in the hot summer months of July, August and September with more women being attacked and murdered in their homes by a boyfriend, a partner or a former partner.
