Faro court is soon to hear the case of a local man whose huge stash of child pornography astounded police.
Accusations of 67,000 instances of juvenile pornography crime and aggravated child pornography have been leveled against the 41-year-old who has spent at least ten years collecting the images on his computer.
Proposed new domicile rules may affect Britons leaving the UK or returning after living abroad and could potentially undo previous inheritance tax planning for expatriates, writes Blevins Franks.
The UK’s Summer Budget of 2015 included measures to remove the “fundamental unfairness” in the non-domicile regime. Following a period of consultation, we now have a good idea of what the position will be from April 2017. While the reform is mainly aimed at foreign nationals living in the UK, it also affects Britons leaving the UK or returning after living abroad.
The prompt resignation of the Italian prime minister has been put on hold temporarily by Italy’s president.
Matteo Renzi has agreed to stay in post at least until the Italian senate passes the country’s budget for 2017.
The Bank of Portugal can delay no longer and is to announce the name of the new owner of Novo Banco before the Christmas holiday break.
Only when the Bank of Portugal governor makes the call will the government be able to assess the massive losses incurred in this botched ‘rescue.’
Sonae Group, owner of the Continente supermarket chain and other retail brands, has bought 51% of the organic food business Go Natural, leaving founders Joana and Diogo Martorell with 49%.
The plan is to open six Go Natural organic food supermarkets by the end of 2017 with Sonae MC, part of the Sonae group, opening the first Go Natural supermarket in Lisbon tomorrow December 6th with a 350 m2 outlet creating 18 jobs.
Democracy only lives if it is economically sustainable, according to Portugal's President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
The president argued that the country needs examples of wealth creation, as he spoke during a ceremony in Castelo Branco honouring Hélder Rafael, founder of the clothing company Dielmar.
Holiday rental company Airbnb has agreed to work with London and Amsterdam to enforce the cities’ regulations on lettings.
In a clear change of policy, the company said its website will police the limits each city has imposed on the number of days per year that property can be let.
Portugal’s Food Bank warehouse volunteers now are busy sorting and starting to distribute an influx of 2,129 tons of food donated by shoppers in a nationwide campaign last weekend.
The total tonnage collected from generous shoppers was an increase on the May 2016 collection of 1,921 tons and is only just behind the 2,270 collected in successful campaign last autumn.
The food will be distributed through 2,700 institutions to around 426,000 people who are known not to have enough to eat.
