Serial polluter contests closure decision

TagusPollutionOliveCentroliva has decided to contest the decision to shut down its operations, taken by the Portuguese Environment Agency which also fined the serial polluter a total of €300,000 for a list of proven pollution events stretching back years.
 
Centroliva Indústria e Energia, SA, located in Vila Velha de Ródão, said on Monday, “The company will appeal the decision in the Administrative Court of Castelo Branco."

Galp - oil giant unable to run a simple billing system

galpLogoDeco has advised hundreds of Galp’s electricity and gas customers, not to pay their bills.
 
Delays by Galp in failing to send out their invoices on time, a contractual essential, has placed many consumers in the enviable position of being entitled to refuse payment.

Drunk British mother assaults her child in Albufeira hotel

hospitalA British mother has been arrested for assaulting her seven-year-old daughter in an Albufeira hotel.
 
The woman was arrested after shocked staff at the Monica Isabel Beach Club apartment complex called the GNR who made an immediate arrest last Saturday night, April14th.

Insolvent Faro Football Club has 60 days to submit a payment plan

footballA Faro Football Club creditors' meeting ended with the decision to give the club 60 days within which to present an insolvency plan to pay off the €5 million it owes creditors.
 
"The Club will have to present a payment plan that satisfies creditors," the insolvency administrator told reporters at the end of the meeting in Olhão today.

Portugal wins the 2018 European Fossil Fuel Subsidies Awards.

oilrig2Thanks for your vote in the 2018 European Fossil Fuel Subsidies Awards. (HERE

The awards, organised by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, expose financial support for dirty energy in countries across Europe.  It's time to announce the winners of the public vote!
 

Jihadis' wives and children arriving in Portugal

isisIn the coming months, around 20 women and children of jihadists, currently living in territory controlled by the extremist Islamic State group, will start to arrive in Portugal.
 
"The return of women and minors is expected to increase in 2018," including "more than two dozen descendants of national citizens," according to Adélio Neiva da Cruz, director of the Security Information Service (SIS), at a seminar on terrorist victims.

'Forget the Algarve, go to Bulgaria' advises UK Post Office's holiday cost barometer

beachBarImageThe annual Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer from the UK suggests bargain hunters go to Bulgaria this summer as the Algarve’s prices have risen 17%.

Britons looking for sun and sea should look outside the eurozone where, due to the weak pound against the euro, their holiday money will stretch further than in the traditional euro hotspots.

Gender Law enables 'citizens to decide' from the age of 16

TransGenderLogoActivists are delighted at parliament’s positive vote that Portuguese citizens from 16-years on, will be able to change their name and gender on essential documents without needing to submit a medical report.
 
For 16 to 18-year-olds, a change of gender will need to be approved by their parents or legal representatives. Under the old law, those wanting to change their gender on official documents had to be 18 or over and present a medical report but the changes mean that over-18s now can self-identify.