EDP's directors have decided not to pay the extraordinary energy tax that was imposed as an austerity measure by the Passos Coelho coalition government in 2014.
At stake is the €69 million due for 2017 from the electricity company. EDP joins Galp and REN, which also have refused to pay up, preferring to go to court to challenge the legality of the tax.
The five law changes and additions to the Alojamento Local housing rental laws have been discussed in parliament but no vote was taken and no decisions made.
The different objectives from Portugal’s political parties seemed too much to handle in just one parliamentary session so voting has been postponed.
The Left Bloc's national executive wants to safeguard natural wetland in Lagoa and to see an end to plans for yet another supermarket.
A Bloquista statement to the press is insistent that the natural area, from which the city derived its name, "is in imminent danger of being totally destroyed."
A pensioner has been found dead by Tavira Bombeiros who had to break into his house after neighbours became concerned and called emergency services
The man, aged "between 65 and 70," has died "several days ago" and was in "an advanced state of decomposition," according to Miguel Silva, the local Bombeiros chief.
Portugal’s French owned airports operator, ANA, has announced that it has a new chairman.
José Luís Arnaut takes the top job at Aeroportos de Portugal, replacing Jorge Ponce de Leão who already has a comfy new job as president of Portugal's air traffic control service, Navegação Aérea de Portugal.
Portugal has run out of waiters and barmen. The hospitality association, AHRESP, states that "at the moment there is no skilled manpower available to work in the sector."
Waiters, barmen, kitchen helpers and room service staff are “the professionals who are most lacking in the area of catering and tourist accommodation.”
Caixa Geral de Depósitos has sold off its Vale do Lobo debt for a discounted €222.9 million to a fund managed by ECS.
The taxpayer owned bank remains exposed to the whole crooked mess, since it has shares in ECS whose mission now is to turn any assets and real estate into cash.
Portugal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs says there is "no possibility" of Portugal being excluded from the ‘visa waiver’ scheme that currently allows Portuguese visitors to the US a 90-day visa-free holiday period.
Minister Augusto Santos Silva guarantees that Portuguese tourists will continue to be allowed to enter the US for stays of up to 90 days without having to get a visa.
