Deep-water drilling for gas and oil to start off coast of Sines
Portuguese-Italian consortium ENI/Galp Energia is to spend up to €100 million drilling the first deep water exploration well in Portugal. Off the coast of Sines, work should start either this
Vilamoura’s 1st Eco Half Marathon pulls 1,200 runners
Around 1,200 people turned up in force for the ‘1st Eco Meia Maratona de Vilamoura’ half marathon held on March 8. Organised by Let’s Go Algarve, the event featured a
Galp cuts four-year investment plan by 20%
Petrol giant Galp has announced that it will be cutting its investments for the next four years by around 20%. Instead of ploughing between €1.5 billion and €1.7 billion per
Online petition demands Passos Coelho’s “immediate dismissal” over tax controversy
The ongoing furore over how Portuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho ‘forgot’ to pay his taxes shows no signs of abating as an online petition demanding his immediate dismissal gathers
Galician terrorist foiled in attempt to flee to Venezuela
A Galician terrorist, condemned to 11 years in jail by a Spanish court, was arrested as he boarded a flight to Venezuela yesterday (Wednesday) using false papers. Héctor José Naya
Over 100,000 demand “justice” for ‘Simba’
Over 100,000 people have signed an online petition demanding “justice” for ‘Simba’, the five-year-old Rhodesian ridgeback that was allegedly shot dead on Saturday (March 7) by a neighbour in Monsanto,
Angola sends 160 to be trained as judges and prosecutors in Portugal
Portugal’s justice system has long been criticised for its sloth, but that is not putting off Angola which will be sending 60 candidates here for training as judges and prosecutors
Local referendum “could be solution” to Faro camping wrangle
A referendum “could be the solution” to the ongoing wrangle over the Faro Island camping site, which has been closed since 2003. So far, all of PSD’s proposals to reopen
Portuguese jihadist reported dead in Syria
Authorities are said to be investigating claims by Islamic State that a Portuguese jihadist dubbed Abu Juwairiya al-Portughali has been killed in a suicide mission in Syria. According to media
Portugal pressured to pay millions back to Brussels
According to Público, the government has been trying to keep the lid on an EU investigation into ‘irregular payments’ to farmers during the Sócrates’ administration, when Jaime Silva was minister