A barman, set upon and beaten in an Albufeira street, has been allowed to die in hospital as his injuries were so severe, Doctors said he was brain dead and had close to zero chance of regaining consciousness.
On Friday, Paulo di Santo’s family authorised that his life support systems were turned off.
Portugal’s judges are going on strike in early October, a move designed to cause maximum upset to the validation process of the local council election results.
Having returned from a six week summer recess, during which the court system was on hold, the nation’s judges are due to 'down gavels' on October 3rd and 4th, blaming Justice Minister Francesca van Dunem for not wanting to enter into ‘pay and status’ talks.
The European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, said at the Oceans Meeting in Lisbon today that the sea is "the most promising frontier for innovation in health," reminding delegates from 50 countries of the need for collaboration between nations, scientists and disciplines.
Moedas spoke at the opening session of the international conference at the Oceans Meeting 2017, which ended today in Lisbon, under the heading of ‘Ocean health and human health.’
TAP transported 1.420 million passengers in August this year, a new record for passengers in a single month and a 224,000 passenger increase over August last year, “a year-on-year increase of 18.7%," stated the State controlled company.
The highlight is the company's European routes, where TAP shipped 854,000 passengers, 146,000 more than in the same month of 2016 - a rise of 20.6%.
The Alentejo, the Centre of Portugal and the Spanish region of Extremadura, which make up the ‘Euroace’ Euro Region construct, are joining forces to present a workshop at the '2018 EU – China Tourism Year' conference and exhibition taking place on November 2nd and 3rd, in London.
The participation of the three regions was one of the initiatives agreed during a meeting that took place on September 6th in Estremoz, aimed at "designing a convergent strategy for the three regions," which in the first half of 2017 have seen a significant growth in overseas tourism.
A new law takes effect on September 18th, 2017 that does away with client confidentiality by obliging lawyers, bankers and notaries to inform the Central Investigation Department should they suspect their clients of money laundering or terrorist financing.
This new legislation strengthens the powers of the Central Criminal Investigation and Action Department (DCIAP) "for the purpose of preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, to access directly all financial information, fiscal, administrative, judicial and police."
At long last the gardens at the palace of Estoi formally have been handed over to the council to care for after years of neglect and lack of effort from Enatur, the company that owns and runs Portugal’s Pousada hotels.
Estoi Palace became a Pousada in 2008 after a €12 million refurbishment and the addition of a modern accommodation block that lies adjacent to the C18th palace.
Albufeira again is the start point for this year’s international fishing competition taking place between September 16th and 23rd.
The 26th edition of the World Championship ‘Big Game Trolling’ is organised by the Portuguese Federation of Deep Sea Sport Fishing with the support of the Albufeira council.
