Text messages and calls “can now be submitted in court as evidence”
In a historic ruling, Évora’s court of appeal has clarified that text messages (even if they are not read) and mobile phone records can now be used in criminal cases
Portugal has “one of the highest rates of obesity in the European Union”
A damning report on the physical state of the nation has revealed that Portugal has “one of the highest rates of obesity in the European Union”. The problem affects both
Portugal’s “cave woman” discovers two “new species”
She is already very well known for her discovery of 11 species of “subterranean fauna” – almost always eyeless, legless, pigment-less bugs. And now 35-year-old Portuguese biologist Ana Sofa Reboleira
New access system at Faro Airport gives drivers 10 minutes’ free parking
Drivers picking up or dropping off passengers at Faro airport now have 10 minutes’ free parking at the curbside areas near the terminals – after that they will be charged.
New “expert opinion” that Portugal has its economic sums all wrong
UTAO, Portugal’s “specialist unit” set up to investigate “budgetary and financial material”, has added its weight to warnings already sounded by the EC, IMF and others over Portugal’s ability to
Fitch “downgrades” rating on four Portuguese banks
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded four Portuguese banks – BPI, Banif, BCP and Montepio – on the basis that new European legislation makes it less likely that financial institutions will
Army reserve sergeant “shot Lisbon café owner to death over cake promotion”
A police manhunt was still ongoing as we went to press over a bizarre murder case centring on a two-for-one cake promotion. According to news reports, a reserve army sergeant
TAP in final countdown
With three binding offers finally submitted by investors interested in buying-up TAP Air-Portugal, it looks very much like the bid by the “Portuguese millionaire-with-the-Midas-touch” could come out on top –
IMF tells Portugal to sack yet more teachers and “reduce the number of schools”
A damning new IMF report tells Portugal to sack yet more teachers and further reduce the number of schools. Explaining that cuts so far have simply added to that State’s
Hotel group helps extend Alvor boardwalk
Portugal’s Environmental Agency (APA) has announced that the beachside boardwalk in Alvor is going to be extended 1.6 kilometres along the Três Irmãos beach. It will cost €400,000 to build