Sustainable Water Platform welcomes decision to pull Algarve projects out of PRR programme
Platform “reaffirms position”: projects “jeopardise Algarve’s future” PAS, the Sustainable Water Platform, has been quick to register its “satisfaction” with the government’s announcement “regarding the proposal to exclude the projects
President welcomes release of Israeli father with Portuguese nationality
Ofer Kalderon who claimed Portuguese nationality through Sephardi ‘amnesty’ was released today President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has welcomed the release today of Hamas hostage Ofer Kalderon
Algarve’s desalination plant loses PRR funding
With loss, lawsuits in place cannot be overridden as government previously planned The bitterly-contested project for a massive desalination plant set back from the coast in Albufeira has been dropped
Government revives programme to abolish level crossings
Level crossings “one of main causes of rail accidents” Secretary of state for mobility, Cristina Dias, has announced in parliament today that the government is returning to the programme to
Police arrest art forger who has allegedly scooped hundreds of thousands of euros
Seize more than 20 paintings and sketches from Lisbon studio An alleged art forger, who kept his work strictly national – but has reportedly “caused damage to his victims totalling
Hospital patient, 65, dies days after being assaulted by another patient
Ana Peixoto Veiga was in hospital receiving palliative care Six days after a cancer patient was assaulted by another patient at Braga Hospital, she has died. According to Correio da
Raríssimas on brink of bankruptcy as government refuses 8th request for ‘financial support’
Raríssimas – the association supporting citizens with rare diseases – is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy due to the government refusing its latest request for financial support. The request
Marcelo open to calling Council of State on security
President Marcelo has announced that he intends to call a meeting of the Council of State on security, as requested by CHEGA leader André Ventura. Speaking to the media in
Government eases rules on declaration of personal income tax
Various sources of income – including capital gains – to be exempt from declaration Portugal’s social democrat coalition government is to remove the obligation to declare income such as interest,
Rolling Stones cancels tour taking in Portugal
The Rolling Stones European European tour (due to have taken in Portugal, in May) has been cancelled “for logistical reasons”. According to Expresso, “difficulties in the staging of the shows