Portugal’s ‘National Entity for the Fuel Market’, or ENMC formally has proposed to the Government that the deposit lodged by the Partex-Repsol oil exploration consortium should be forfeit due to the failure of the companies to comply with their work plan as detailed in the contract.
The oil exploration contracts, which the last government signed with the Repsol-Partex consortium, stated that the first offshore well in the Algarve exploration area would be drilled in 2016.
Ecology and nature association, Quercus, has highlighted a government statement confirming that showing that Portugal is the only country in the EU that has lost forest area in each of the last 15 years.
Quercus refers to a statement from the Minister of Agriculture, Luís Capoulas dos Santos, saying that Portugal has lost about 150,000 hectares in the last 15 years, but Quercus claims other international organisations report Portugal's losses as greater.
Christmas has been a boom time for many retailers with an extra €380 million being spent in the run-up to Santa's Big Day, than in 2015.
From November 28th to December 25th, withdrawals and purchases logged by the ATM machine network shows that over €5.6 billion left shoppers’ bank accounts.
On December 27th, 1722, an earthquake destroyed many towns, cities and villages in the Algarve with a tsunami inundating low-lying areas of Tavira.
Scientists remain divided as to whether the epicentre was offshore to the north-west of Tavira, or offshore, close to 37°01′N, 7°49′W.
The former high-flying politician and current murder suspect, Duarte Lima, has been declared insolvent by a Lisbon court.
The refusal of Duarte Lima's creditors this April to allow him flexibility has led to his insolvency, owing €31.7 million to a variety of creditors including State-owned Novo Banco and Parvalorem.
The GNR’s Operation Natal Tranquilo registered 750 accidents and one fatality. The number of accidents was 126 more than the same four days last year but there were six fewer deaths.
Operation Natal Tranquilo took place between December 23rd and 26th with the GNR reporting that eight people were seriously injured, 12 fewer than last year and 240 suffered minor injuries, down 44.
Former Olhão mayor, Francisco Leal, and his former head of Urban Management, Ditza Reis, have been accused by the public prosecutor's office of corruption in the licensing of the Village Marina site.
Leal says he has "a clear conscience" and that “no one corrupted me while I was president,” between 1993 and 2013, the latter claim causing much hilarity among local residents.
The former Wham! singer and successful solo vocalist George Michael has died, peacefully at home, aged 53.
The soulful British heartthrob who became a star in the 80s as half of Wham! before earning critical acclaim as a solo artist, died due to heartfailure on Christmas Day at his Oxfordshire home.
