Now that the vast subsidies, handed by taxpayers to Portugal electricity supplier, EDP, have been given a full airing in the media, parliament today approved the creation of a committee of inquiry to look into the matter most thoroughly.
The price of petrol and diesel is going up again on Monday - for petrol, this is nine price rises in nine weeks.
The Government has decided to re-submit the diploma that allows the Tax Authority to access citizens' private bank accounts which have a balance of €50,000 or more. 
Current EDP shareholder, the State owned China Three Gorges company, is preparing a €9.07 billion takeover bid for Portugal’s energy company, representing a premium of just under 5% to Friday's closing share price.
An investigation into Portugal’s ruinous Public Private Partnership (PPP) road building programme reveals that two former Public Works Ministers, Mário Lino and António Mendonça, and the former Secretary of State for Public Works, Paulo Campos have had their phone tapped since 2012.
EDP’s first quarter results were down 23% on the same period last year, mainly due to the sale of its natural gas distribution business in the Iberian Peninsula and adverse exchange rates.
A man and two women accused of stealing from a 90-year-old Albufeira resident, took advantage of his inability to read or write and enriched themselves by €340,000, claims the prosecution.
The organisers of the 33rd annual Olhão Seafood Festival have confirmed that Xutos & Pontapés will be in this year’s line-up, closing the event on the 15th of August.
