Silves will keep municipal tax rate at the absolute minimum
Silves will be keeping its IMI municipal tax rate at the absolute minimum – between 0.3% and 0.5% – in 2015, the local CDU-led council has announced. It has also
“Armed and dangerous” drug trafficker on the run in Faro
A suspected drug trafficker – one of seven men targeted in a police swoop near Faro yesterday – remains on the run this afternoon, with as many as 40 police
Controversy as “killer” confesses to crime already solved
In a week where killings and killers filled Portuguese newspapers, one story has particularly hogged the headlines. It centres on a man handing himself in to police saying: “I don’t
CITIUS: IT technicians accused of sabotage
In perhaps the most bizarre twist yet in the ongoing CITIUS-collapse scandal, Portugal’s Minister of Justice has now accused two IT technicians of sabotage. As union boss Fernando Jorge has
Good cousin/bad cousin: BES intrigue hits new low
As a date has finally been set for the opening of a government commission of inquiry into the BES banking scandal, news comes that José Maria Ricciardi – leader of
Russian war planes intercepted by Portuguese fighter jets
Wednesday October 29 saw NATO on high alert all over Europe as Russian war planes invaded Portuguese, Norwegian and Turkish air space, and in UK an unresponsive Russian-built cargo plane
Cavaco Silva under pressure to “decorate” José Sócrates
Portuguese media reports suggest that President Cavaco Silva is under increasing pressure to “decorate” former Prime Minister José Sócrates with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ. According
Nurses announce new strike
Notice of two new strikes called by nursing unions was posted in newspapers on Wednesday. According to the half-page announcement, the strikes will come on November 14 and 21. The
Former banking boss Ricardo Salgado not to be allowed out of the country
Authorities in Luxembourg investigating “eventual irregularities” in the management of the Espírito Santo Group of companies are interested in interviewing former banking boss, Ricardo Salgado – currently on €3 million
Policeman investigate for being under the influence of alcohol while on duty
A Lisbon woman was not impressed by the treatment she received from a policeman under the influence of alcohol while on duty in the capital’s Metropolitan command. She filed a