Lagos council is to contract a horse collection and care service to deal with the problem of those that are abandoned or wander off.
A tendering process has started in order to attract bidders to run the service that will collect, transport and look after the horses. The notice, published on December 21st, in Diário da República, states that the maximum amount available for this project is €75,000-a-year.
Although the Algarve Regional Health Authority’s announcement on Thursday that 65 regional nurses' jobs have been filled, was welcomed by the union, it commented that there is still a lack of nurses in the Algarve.
The Union of Portuguese Nurses added that some of these nurses already have been working in the Algarve’s Health Centers under a temporary work regime and now have had their posts confirmed but there remain 146 nursing posts to be filled under the health ministry’s own formula for calculating staff numbers.
Novo Banco’s subsidiary in Luxembourg and three other European banks, have been handed fines by the Luxembourg supervisor following an investigation triggered by the Panama Papers scandal.
Luxembourg’s Financial Sector Supervisory Commission imposed administrative sanctions on nine financial companies, including four banks, for a total of €2.12 million, without specifying the fines imposed on each.
According to a survey based on interviews with 3,000 voters, Ciudadanos will be the most voted for party in the Catalan election. However, independence parties jointly will have grabbed a bigger share of today’s vote which Spain's government had hoped would solidify links between Catalonia and Madrid, not confirm the Catalans' desire for independence.
Pro-unity party, Ciudadanos, will have attracted the most votes but will be unable to form a government in Catalonia as the separatists are highly likely to retain their absolute majority in the regional parliament.
More than 10,000 seats have been occupied so far this year on the Portimão - Bragança – Portimão air link.
The two-year-old service, subsidised by taxpayers and run by Sevenair, registered 10,766 passengers to the end of November, 2,809 people more than in the same period in 2016.
The GNR will be out and about on, and at the side of, Portugal’s major routes from Friday December 22nd until the 26th.
Due to high seasonal traffic flow, with people visiting relatives and friends - and those simply getting away for a few days - the GNR will be on hand to ensure everything goes smoothly.
The government has approved a €24 million wind farm near Batalha which will saddle the public with 'feed-in tariff' subsidy payments as the project was proposed in 2009 when such subsidies still existed.
The project in the Serra d'Aire, is controlled by Eneólica, part of the Lena Group whose boss is a key figures in Operation Marquês, accused of channelling illicit funds to the former Prime Minister José Sócrates in return for lucrative contracts.
The Lisbon Administrative court has ruled that the Bank of Portugal must disclose the sale agreement covering Novo Banco's sale.
The agreement details will not become public knowledge as only those international funds that invested in Banco Espírito Santo (BES) bonds will have access and even then, parts of the agreement that the Bank of Portugal considers confidential, will be withheld.
