A Dutch man has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the horsemeat scandal.
Willy Selten, 45, was arrested in May 2013 for selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat mixed with beef which had been falsely labelled as 100% beef. This followed an inspection in February by Dutch authorities which found horse DNA is 35 out of 167 samples tested.
A Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) has been shot in the Tavira area and later died of its wounds in the care of the Recovery Center in Olhão.
The eagle was found by member of the public who phoned the GNR unit responsible for the protection of nature and the environment.
A sub-group of Portugal's Medical Council said today that there are doctors convicted of paedophilia who continue to work with children.
Dra Heloísa dos Santos will be heard tomorrow by the Committee on Education, Science and Culture about the proposed new paedophile register and has already stated that if the new law goes ahead it still will not cater for those doctors who already have been convicted of paedophilia.
Scientists say they have invented a battery which could charge a smartphone in less than one minute.
The new iPhone 6 needs about two hours for its battery to be recharged, but the new rechargeable aluminium battery would do the work in some 60 seconds.
The Navajo Indians in the US have introduced the country’s first tax on junk food.
The tax is an attempt to beat the increasing health problems many in the tribe face. Out of a population of 300,000, some 25,000 have type2 diabetes and a further 75,000 are pre-diabetic.
Responding to the many and varied promotional messages in the past year, e.g., that the Algarve is the best place for the Spanish to come for their holidays, thousands of them duly turned up for their Easter breaks.
Often after hours of travel through Spain, the Algarve finally was in sight, as was the sign telling all foreigners to pull over, thus delaying journeys for those who were quite happy to use the EN125.
A four-bedroom house of 141 m2 in Spain has been raffled off to a winner who paid just €10 for a ticket.
The house in Segorbe, a town of 9,300 near Valencia, was inherited two years earlier by the Bolumar family who tried but failed to sell it through agents for €90,000.
More than half of Portugal’s restaurants and hotels still are at a “high risk of failure,” according to a report by the European Commission.
According to Pedro Carvalho from Portugal’s association for hoteliers and restaurateurs, the blame lies fair and square with the high tax increase that his members were subject to after the Troika arrived in the country and IVA for meals shot up from 12% to 23%.
