An arbitration tribunal has rejected electricity distribution company REN’s legal argument that that the ‘extraordinary contribution' demanded by the government of the energy sector was unconstitutional.
REN, Portugal’s National Energy Network, was just one of the companies in the energy sector that saw the special tax as illegal as well as painful and challenged it in court.
The Algarve Left Bloc MP João Vasconcelos has called for an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State for Planning and Nature Conservation. The topic is the Vale do Freixo Golf & Country Resort planned for a protected area of countryside to the north of Loulé.
Vasconcelos says that the project received a Project of National Importance (PIN) classification, but argues that it should not have done as it “violates national and Community legislation.”
Paulo de Morais claims that the State Budget is the greatest source of corruption in Portugal
Morais is on the campaign trail to become the next President of the republic of Portugal on a stern anti-corruption ticket and has a habit of pointing out facts that are so obvious that they are too big to comprehend.
People in France have started the year amidst a flurry of change.
The number of regions in the country has been whittled down from 22 to just 13. While some, such as Brittany, remained unchanged, elsewhere two or even three regions have been combined.
By hacking into emails, gangsters are gaining millions from disrupted property sales in Britain.
More than £10 million is estimated to have been lost to criminals who pose as buyers, sellers or lawyers.
José Sócrates was the star turn in a conference debating 'Justice' that was held in Vila Real de Santo António on Saturday.
The Former Prime Minister said that the Socialist Party needed to choose a candidate for the imminent presidential elections, considering that decisive support would return a left wing candidate to take over from Cavaco Silva whose presidency is nearly over.
Four years after closing down many consulates and Embassies around the world, the Portuguese government is to make more services available online.
The new Secretary of State for Communities, José Luis Carneiro, said the government wants to modernise services and put many aspects of consular work online.
There will be an inquiry but Communist Party MPs already have said that there are some serious questions to be answered as a matter of urgency regarding the Banif sale.
The Ministry of Finance today was asked in parliament about the deal, specifically the sale of Banif to Santander Totta when a higher offer from Apollo that would not have left the taxpayer underwriting the whole deal.
