Another fatality on the EN125, this time on the hill between Algarve Shopping and the roundabout at Guia.
The toll was one dead, a 48-year-old man (see reader's comment below for details) and two seriously injured who were rushed to Faro hospital.
Kayakweru was one of six Iberian lynx released into the wild from the Silves Lynx Centre since December 2014 despite concerns from animal welfare and nature organisations that there were not sufficient rabbits for the lynx to catch and eat.
The female survived for less than a month after her release on February 25th this year and was found dead in a forested area on March 12th near Mertola in the Alentejo.
Ricardo Salgado has been accused of keeping two sets of books for Espírito Santo International using a simple Excel sheet on a computer in his office on the 15th floor of the BES headquarters in Lisbon.
The revelation was made by an accounts manager at the Espírito Santo Group, being questioned by members of the commission of inquiry looking into BES and its collapse.
A record amount of electrical and electronic waste last year was added to the growing mountains of global e-waste.
According to the UN, of the 41.8 million tonnes of discarded goods 60% were microwaves, fridges, washing machines, dishwashers, and small kitchen, bathroom and laundry appliances. Only 7% consisted of mobile phones, personal computers and printers.
Low additive, low-cost fuels went on sale at Portugal’s fuel station chains last Thursday with a price difference of just two to three cents from fuels with additives.
This saving will vanish on Monday as fuel prices will see an average increase of 2.5 cents to 3 cents on both gasoline and diesel.
British drivers caught on speed cameras in other EU countries are increasingly likely to be fined from 2017.
A fresh EU road safety directive is set to come into force later this year after having been approved unanimously in February.
Polis Litoral Southwest has received the go-ahead for 8 contracts at beaches, fishing harbours, and smaller coastal villages in the southwest Alentejo and the Costa Vicentina, an a cost of €3.9 million.
"The contracts will help the coastal areas of the southwest Alentejo and the Costa Vicentina become more resilient and also enhance the areas’ tourism potential and economies," said the the Secretary of State for the Environment, Paulo Lemos.
Faced with the observation today that his Dad occupies a senior in Portugal's premier energy company, the Secretary of State for Energy declined to offer any comment as to potential conflicts of interest.
After an unimpressive political career, Artur Trindade became a consultant for EDP in 2013, a move that has been pointed out in a complaint by the businessman Manuel Champalimaud.
