The appalling conditions and lack of support for the homeless in Portugal has resulted in a court action in the Oporto court with a class action set to take on the government that has allowed its citizens to exist in squalour.
The homeless are claiming that the government has evaded its responsibilites and they are demanding that an investigation is carried out into their living conditions.
Minister Miguel Poiares Maduro is convinced that the Portuguese will recognise the merit of the work done by the current Government when it comes to election time.
The Minister for Regional Development today also said in an interview with Lusa that come the elections "there is a clear choice between two models of economic and social development."
The Ministry of Finance is reassessing the complicate zoning and location coefficients for urban real estate for rating purposes.
These figures are one of the elements used to fix IMI property rates, but are only being applied for new buildings.
The police are perturbed at events and public reaction surrounding two recent cases where dogs appear to have been thrown off the cliffs near Ferragudo, Lagoa. As for finding the culprits, the authorities are 'looking into it.'
Last Saturday morning, firefighters and officers of the Marine Police were called as a dog was spotted lying injured half way down a cliff.
Paulo Portas swept through this weekend’s Mundo Abreu travel fair in an extended media opportunity and declared that "Portugal clearly is trendy.”
With his open neck shirt allowing a deeply untrendy display of silvery tufts of chest hair the deputy prime minister suggested to the trailing media that Portugal is a country that currently is in 'fashion', but also that its tourism offering is beyond mere fashion and is sustainable, and that there are very good reasons to visit.'
Another computer hacking scam has been exposed.
Criminals are sending emails with an ‘invoice’ attached which really is malware designed to access personal information such as banking and financial details.
Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia is to challenge the country’s social norms by becoming the first region in Spain to change its working hours.
The reform would see working times more closely resemble the rest of Europe with hours streamlined into something similar to nine to five.
The UK smoothie company Innocent Drinks is on a roll in conquering Europe.
The firm, which was founded by three Cambridge graduates but subsequently sold into the embrace of Coca-Cola, has reported European revenues of more than £100 million.
