A fire that started at around 8pm this evening in the Lagos ‘Miam Miam restaurant was controlled by firefighters and has been extinguished, according to the Disaster Relief Operational Command.
A cook was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after hot oil in a fryer ignited in the kitchen area.
The net rateable value of property in Portugal decreased by €4.7 billion between 2014 and 2015 as owners demanded revaluations be carried out.
In 2014, the total asset value of urban buildings in the country was €419.38 billion, falling to €414.68 billion the following year.
Police have detained two Ukrainian men suspected of klling a fellow homeless man near the Municipal Stadium in Loulé two weeks ago.
In today’s statement, a Judicial Police spokesman said that the suspects, between late afternoon on April 5th and the morning of April 6th, "strangled and jumped on the body of a man, inflicting injuries that caused his death."
Finance Minister, Mário Centeno, will not appreciate the latest attempt to prove he is a liar as the new committee of inquiry into the 'goings on' at Caixa Geral de Depósitos swings into action, calling first the controversial millionaire former boss of the bank, António Domingues.
The inquiry kicks off on April 28th and will look specifically at the Ministry of Finance’s performance in the appointment and later dismissal of the previous board of directors of the troubled bank.
The Portuguese and Italian banking sectors are the two weakest in the eurozone, according to the latest Global Financial Stability Report from the International Monetary Fund.
The Portuguese banking sector’s profitability, or lack of, is highlighted in the report as there has only been one year in the past six that, 2015, that has shown a positive result.
Starting today and ending on Sunday 23rd April, GNR road traffic units will be concentrating on catching speeding motorists by using their devilish range of mobile and fixed speed control gizmos.
Concentrating on roads where speeding already has proven to be the cause of serious accidents, the GNR aims to add to this year’s catch of 44,000 motorists fined for exceeding the speed limit.
Overseas 
Britons wanting to vote need to check they are on the electoral roll at their last UK address and then can apply for a postal or proxy vote.
Those who have lived outside the UK for 15 years or more remain unable to vote as the long-promised rule change has not been put into effect.
Lee Mackenzie, author of a book published this week called The Charming Predator, is hoping to flush out the notorious, international conman Kenner Elias Jones, her former husband. He was last reported to the police while seeking political asylum in Sweden, writes Len Port
Originally from Caernarfon in Wales, Jones absconded from a trial in Lewes Crown Court in Sussex, England, in 2003. He has been at large ever since, continuing a career of theft, deception and fraud.
