A demonstration against the obligatory wearing of helmets while bicycling, a key measure in the National Road Safety Strategic Plan, is scheduled for 10am this Sunday in Lisbon.
Cycling associations disagree on the mandatory use of the helmet and the government now is saying that the use of helmets by cyclists was ‘just a proposal’ having seen the number of votes it could lose by pushing through an unpopular measure.
The Iraqis left it until the last minute before responding to official questions from the Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister on whether the Iraqi ambassador's twin boys will have their diplomatic immunity lifted so that a full investigation can take place into the brutal assault on Rúben Cavaco in Ponte de Sor, last August.
Instead of making a statement, the Iraqi’s have delayed matters further by asking a series of legal questions concerning the case. This is a tactic that Portugal's Foreign Affairs Minister, Augusto Santos Silva, has swallowed, as he has given the Iraqis a further week to lift immunity, or say why not.
Portugal's Banco Português de Investimento (BPI) bank on Thursday ceded control of Angola's biggest bank to the Unitel telecoms company run by Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country's president.
After pressure from the European Central Bank to give up its majority stake, BPI sold 2% of Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) to Unitel to bring its stake down to 48.1%.
Unitel now holds a controlling stake of 51.9% of the leading bank in Angola.
Exports of Norwegian salmon struck a record high during 2016.
An increase of nearly 30% was responsible for overall export value of NOK 61.4 billion (€6.7 billion), the highest export value ever recorded, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council.
The unemployment rate in Spain edged down by the close of the year, giving relief to a great many.
On Wednesday the employment ministry said the number of people without paid work fell by nearly 400,000 during the course of 2016, bringing the total to 3.7 million by the end.
One of the main defendants of Monte Branco investigation has died while waiting for trial
Francisco Canas, aka Zé das Medalhas (medals) was suspected of helping rich clients move money to Switzerland using his network of contacts and bank accounts used in his metals trading business.
Work has been completed on upgrading the three old routes near Bordeira, out west in the Aljezur council area.
The Aromas Trail, the Tides Trail and the Hills Trail, (Trilho dos Aromas, Trilhos das Marés and Trilho dos Montes) add 42.5 kilometres of hiking opportunities for the increasing numbers of outdoors folk who travel to the western Algarve for leisure pursuits and holidays.
Workers at SUCH (Serviço de Utilização Comum dos Hospitais) who provide maintenance, hygiene and food services at the Algarve’s public hospitals have gone on strike to demand better working conditions.
These workers demand the hiring of additional workers, a 4% increase in their salaries (with a minimum of €40 per month), 25 days holiday, a reduction in working hours to 35 per week as well as re-categorising staff according to the tasks they actually perform.
