The concession holder for Lisbon’s deteriorating Ponte 25 de Abril, Lusoponte, "has already paid for the maintenance of the bridge," says Ferreira Amaral, the company’s president.Recent engineering reports showing the iconic April 25th bridge's poor state of repair which has led to widespread concerns that the government is penny-pinching over bridge maintenance costs which used to be funded by the Lusoponte but now are the responsibility of Infraestruturas de Portugal.
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Members of the Tavira GNR have arrested a 45-year-old man wanted in connection with the theft of €230,000 in cash, the property of a local pensioner.
Despite general advice for everyone to stay away from Portugal’s cliffs and beaches, a Brazilian man has died under a rock fall that also left a German teenager badly injured.
The PM has extended the deadline after which property owners can be fined for not clearing scrub and trees around their properties.
One of the benefits of the current run of lousy weather is that Portugal has been self sufficient in renewable energy for three consecutive days.
Faro court has sentenced the man who strangled his girlfriend with a flex and then hid her body for more than 24 hours, to 19 years and four months in prison.
The mayor of Castro Marim is prepared to “take to the streets” along with a civic group, to complain about the state of the eastern section of the EN125.
An ambulance boat serving the island communities of the Ria Formosa has another year's funding with Faro and Olhão councils joining the Emergency Ambulance Service and the Maritime Authority to ensure continuity.
