The Portuguese public paid nearly €60 billion in taxes last year, up 2% with income and property taxes leading the rise.
According to the National Institute of Statistics, direct taxes declined, but indirect taxes and social security payments increased.
Portimão council is to pay off the smaller of its long-suffering creditors as Isilda Gomes pledges to clear a swathe of small debts.
The most indebted council in the Algarve and one of the worst in the country, Portimão has lined up 479 of its smaller creditors for a surprise result.
The President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, has addressed a conference for Portugal’s remaining youth: "It is essential to create conditions to attract back those who have chosen to settle abroad."
The President asks Portugal not to waste the human capital that it has amassed in recent years and should try to attract back those who went to live abroad.
The reopening of a controversial mine in Andalusia which caused a massive ecological disaster has been put on hold by a judge due to allegations of corruption.
The Los Frailes mine, outside of Aznacollar and west of Seville, was closed 17 years ago after a residue dam burst in April 1998. Acidic sludge with dangerous levels of heavy metals poured into the River Guadiamar, which is the main water source for the Doñana National Park.
The EN 125 again has been the site of a fatal car crash leaving one dead at the scene and one seriosuly injured.
The road was blocked off after the accident that happened at 1.20pm today, Friday May 15.
Drivers dropping off passengers at Faro airport will be allowed ten minutes, or face stiff charges.
ANA wants to control car access at the departures drop off point at Faro and other of its managed airports and already has installed machines to read number plates and record time elapsed.
Missing toddler Ben Needham will be back in the spotlight as his mother is poised to make a direct TV appeal in Greece.
Kerry Grist (formerly Needham) has travelled to Greece in the company of UK police officers.
In February 2013, João Rendeiro, Fezas Vital and Paulo Guichard, former board members of Banco Privado Português (BPP) were charged with fraud over a crooked investment scheme that damaged hundreds of clients the tune of €41 million.
The banking regulator later imposed €11 million in fines, stating that, ‘The Bank of Portugal has completed the sanctions and condemn those responsible for acts committed at BPP.”
