Portugal’s League for the Protection of Nature (LPN) today announced that it has been asked to assist in criminal proceedings related to the poisoning of an Iberian lynx in March and called for the end of the illegal use of poisons.
"Faced with repeated cases of poisoning resulting in the death of protected and endangered species, the LPN calls for firm action from the public and from the government in the fight against the illegal use of poisons," read today’s statement.
The environment minister said today that the reorganisation of Portugal's water supply industry will save €92 million per year by merging the existing regional supply companies.
The minister explained that "water rates will be 10% lower and sanitation rates down 16% compared to what was expected."
The employment rate in the eurozone is creeping up, but at the slowest pace.
The rate in the region rose by 0.1% in first quarter of 2015 compared to the previous quarter.
A far-right political group has been able to form in the European Parliament, headed by Marine Le Pen.
The group was only able to be recognised due to the defection of a British MEP from the Ukip group.
The Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas popped up in Bordeaux today where he stated his intention that Portugal should export €900 million of wine.
Portas stressed the commitment of those Portuguese businessmen who are investing heavily in the industry to support exports with much of the €100 million a year handed to Portuguese businesses in the form of EC grants.
Portugal's real estate agencies association today said that its members fear that many foreign investors may now have chosen to invest in Spain in preference to Portugal.
Estate agents now are complaining of bureaucratic difficulties in the Golden Visa system with Luís Lima of the association APEMIP reporting that it seems the Golden Visa process is frozen.
A survey on fraud and corruption conducted by the consultancy Ernst & Young puts Portugal in fifth place in the corruption league of 38 countries, surpassed only by Croatia, Kenya, Slovenia and Serbia.
The survey questioned workers from countries in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa.
Portugal’s prime minister has said many times that Portugal is not Greece as the problems the Greeks are undergoing are not on the same scale as the ‘local difficulty’ in Portugal
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