The extent of Portugal’s resurgence in agriculture is evident when looking at the figures announced today by the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Food, Luís Medeiros Vieira.
The government finally has approved a law that regulates the activity of the new wave of personal transport companies, such as Uber and cabify, despite the Left Bloc’s enduring objections.
The serious state of Lisbon’s iconic road and rail bridge now is evident as the government has released a tender for work costing taxpayers a total of €20.5 million.
Now that the José Sócrates legal team has digested the news that judge Carlos Alexandre will remain in charge of the prosecution of the former PM, despite efforts to have him removed, it has lodged a complaint that the phone tap recordings offered as evidence in the Operation Marquês case, are "inaudible and worthless."
This March has been the wettest for nearly 20 years - and it’s about to get wetter as the southern section of 'depression Hugo' hits Portugal over the weekend.
Amid further observations as to the lack on monitoring and control over Portugal's Golden Visa programme, 'Transparency and Integrity' has called for its suspension, claiming that the poorly run scheme is an open door to money laundering and organised crime.
The Alcoutim Smuggling Festival was such a success last year that the councils again is linking with its Spanish neighbour to build a floating walkway across between Portugal and Spain.
The joint event, organised by Alcoutim council in partnership with Sanlúcar’s town hall, has the support of Turismo de Portugal, the Algarve’s tourist board and the 365 Algarve events programme.
A gang sending out Nigerian scam letters, aimed at victims in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Spain, were operating from Lisbon, until their arrests today.
