Fund approves release of €3.7 billion for Portugal
The European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) approved a €3.7 billion transfer to the Portuguese government’s accounts, following troika’s eighth and ninth reviews of the country’s financial adjustment programme. Now, only
Gaspar to make a comeback?
European Commission president Durão Barroso has nominated former finance minister Vítor Gaspar to head one of the EC’s top level financial think-tanks for digital economy – one that means to
Portugal among best environmental performances
Portugal is performing positively in the fight against climate change, according to the German non-governmental environmental association GermanWatch and Climate Action Network Europe, which placed the country third in their
Teachers burn qualifications over latest government “attack”
Hundreds of teachers joined forces on Saturday, November 16, to burn qualifications and diplomas in the latest round of protests to government plans for a special test to determine whether
2013, one of the hottest years since records began
2013 is on course for being one of the 10 hottest years since modern records began in 1850, says the World Meteorological Organisation. Sea levels are rising and extreme weather
Greener Tavira
A reforestation initiative is taking place on November 23 to mark the Indigenous Forest Day in Tavira. Organisers – Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira – say this is the “ideal
Fatal accident
A 38-year-old man died in a car accident last Sunday after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed into a tree in the Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo
Rapist arrested
Criminal investigation police (PJ) arrested a man, 37, suspected of having kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Portimão last week. According to a press release, the man is believed to
Chemist services in danger as nurses go on warpath
Nurses’ association ‘Ordem dos Enfermeiros’ (OE) wants the government to ban chemists from simple forms of healthcare, saying chemists are putting patients’ health at risk. The extraordinary outburst in a
Dangerous convicts escape from Castelo Branco prison
Three prisoners considered extremely dangerous escaped from Castelo Branco prison last weekend, injuring three guards in the process. The convicts took advantage of the moment they were being transferred to