David Davis has quit the cabinet after a row with Theresa May over her plans for how things will be after Brexit, just eight months away.
The resignation of the Brexit Secretary late on Sunday July 8, followed by the resignation of two key Brexit aides, may have dealt a death blow to May’s continued leadership.
The court in Alenquer, just to the north of Lisbon, decided last week that two local firefighters, suspected of setting at least a dozen fires in the area from early last summer, will be held in custody until their court appearance.
The two men, aged 20 and 23, are suspected of causing at least a forest and urban fires, one of which needed assistance from aircraft to put out.
The planned strike by Ryanair crew on the 25 and 26 of July (HERE) will be preceded by a strike by Portugália Airlines cabin crew on the 11th and 16th of the same month.
The SNPVAC union representing Portugália crew in Portugal has handed in a formal notice of strike action.
An Irish holidaymaker died after suffering a heart attack in a swimming pool at a resort in Alvor, Portimão.
The 57-year-old was pulled from the water by a Portuguese fellow guest at the Vila Marachique complex.
The government is to allow the Tax Authority, GNR, the Public Security Police, the Maritime Police and the Foreigners & Borders Service to have access to all the information held by airlines on Portuguese and foreign passengers arriving and leaving Portugal.
The legislation will be pushed through under the catch-all ‘fight against terrorism and organised and serious crime,’ but the information will be widely available from a new department of the Secret Service, despite these areas being among the competencies of the Judicial Police.
On Friday, July 7th, Portimão court handed out a nine-year prison sentence to the man who doused a TUI rep with acid in Alvor last May.
Edmundo Fonseca, 45, was convicted of the attempted murder of 29-year-old Ellie Chessell (pictured left, before the attack) after it was proved that Fonseca was the attacker.
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether Portugal has applied the Madeira Free Zone regional aid scheme in conformity with the 2007 and 2013 Commission decisions approving it, reads an EC press release sent to newsrooms on July 6th.
In particular, the Commission has concerns that tax exemptions granted by Portugal to companies established in the Madeira Free Zone are not in line with the Commission decisions and EU State aid rules.
A geothermal project being installed at the Ombria Resort near Querença, has not been subject to laws on drilling in a formerly protected countryside area as there are no applicable laws.
The owners of the old Quinta da Ombria managed, after decades, to get planning permission for a tourist resort, despite this being a protected area (Sítio Barrocal da Rede Natura 2000).
