What at first seemed like an accidental gas explosion in a seventh floor apartment in Portimão yesterday, has turned into a criminal investigation after a woman today was arrested and charged with arson.
Infrasetruturas de Portugal has confirmed that work contracts have been awarded to repair and improve the EN124 and EN396.
In a strongly worded open letter delivered in Lisbon on Thursday evening, a collection of environmental NGOs, led by PALP (Plataforma Algarve Livre De Petróleo), demanded the resignation of the Minister for the Environment, Dr. João Pedro Matos Fernandes, and of the head of the Portuguese Environmental Agency, Nuno Lacasta. 
The European Commission, through Portugal's Caixa Geral de Depósitos will make €200 million available to help business financing, an area that Brussels has identified as a key weakness in Portugal’s economy.
The 2016 animal protection laws, which finally come into force this September, prohibit the widespread slaughter of cats and dogs as a means of control.
Portugal has moved up six places to 33rd, in the IMD World Competitiveness Centre's ranking of the most competitive economies in the world.
Portugal’s principal Hotels Association has issued a damning statement about the government’s support of the oil industry, notably the planned Galp-ENI test well 46 kilometres off Aljezur which is going ahead without an Environmental Impact Assessment.
A former branch employee of a national bank has been accused by the public prosecutor in Portimão, of removing more than €300,000 from an account held by two US customers in a Lagoa branch of a national bank.
