A month has passed since the pilot of a light aircraft made an emergency landing on São João da Caparica beach,Almada, killing two people - a 56-year-old man and an eight-year-old girl.
The aircraft was being used for training and, after the engine cut out in mid-flight, the experienced instructor took the controls and opted to land on a crowded beach.
The new US ambassador to Portugal has released a 'welcome' video to introduce himself and his wife, with both speaking a few words of Portuguese.
George and Mary Glass made the video to show their friendly natures and to make it clear that their Portuguese language capabilities are at the ‘learner’ stage but that they are keen to learn.
Two cannons, one each from the 16th and 17th centuries, have been recovered from the ocean floor by a Spanish team working off Faro, ending a campaign in which the Spanish government managed to prevent a US company from claiming the contents of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.
Several pieces of the frigate, sunk in 1804 by the English navy, have been recovered with the use of a Remotely Operated Vehicle from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography. The two cannon were recovered from the wreck lying 1,000 metres below the surface.
The coming State Budget will ensure that the low paid will not pay income tax.
Those earning below €680 per month, an estimated 600,000 workers, will be exempt from IRS in a move by the socialist government to ensure that in 2018, the poorest workers will have a bit more left in their pockets at the end of the month.
Portugal’s Veterinary Medical Association has warned of a growing number of unlicensed 'veterinarians' posing as professionals despite lacking the necessary qualifications or documentation to treat animals in Portugal.
The association says that anyone practicing as a vet while unlicensed to do so, can seriously endanger the health of animals as well as public health through diseases transmitted from animals to humans.
Offering a taste of things to come, Expresso boldly announced on Saturday that the Portuguese prosecutor's office formally is to accuse former Portuguese PM, José Sócrates, of corruption and money laundering, among other less serious crimes.
According to sources close to the trial cited by the media, 80% of the accusations are already written up and will be presented well before the November 20th deadline set by the prosecutor’s office.
The latest assessment of Portugal’s economy by the rating agency Moody’s is good news for the Lisbon government.
It kept the country’s credit rating unchanged at Ba1, which is just below investment level, with a stable outlook.
The government has ordered the Treasury to comply with the law and make sure it publishes answers to tax questions posed by members of the public.
This should mark an end to the policy of deliberate confusion adopted by parts of the Tax Authority whose responses to those seeking clarification of the country’s often complex tax regulations have not been disseminated on ‘confidentiality’ grounds.
