Over 1,200 commercial cases are to be removed from the overburdened court in Olhão and taken on by a new court to be established in Lagoa.
The Fiscal Unit of the GNR has seized 7,458 liquid nicotine refills for e-cigarettes.
The man suspected of the near-fatal stabbing of one of FC Faro’s top football players has been questioned by police and remanded in custody after a brief court appearance.
Portimão council has voted on the motion "For an Algarve free of the tragedy of tolls and for the full and adequate upgrading of the EN125," presented by Left Bloc MP and local councillor, João Vasconcelos.
The president of the Algarve’s Tourist Board, Desidério Silva, has issued a note to the press to support of his hoped-for reappointment from this year to 2023.
The president of the Banif Commission of Inquiry in Madeira is appalled that the governor of the Bank of Portugal, Carlos Costa, refused to turn up and give his version of a series of events that ended up costing customers €263 million.
"I express absolute repudiation for the attitude shown by those who refused to come here to give their testimony, with special emphasis on the governor of the Bank of Portugal, who, being an official of the State - and Madeira being part of the same State - refused to appear," said commission president, Carlos Rodrigues.
Portugal’s main environmental association, Zero, has raised serious concerns that, despite investment in improving the nation’s haphazard sanitation systems, the current set up rewards polluters.
The amount of money missing from Pedrógâo Grande council has risen from ‘around €30,000’ as reported yesterday (HERE) to a markedly higher figure with the police today confirming that officers have traced 'over €400,000' during their investigations.
