The local Left Bloc in Olhão has lodged a formal complaint against the council executive.
Not content with complaining to the Constitutional Court, the Bloquistas also have complained to the General Inspectorate of Finances and the Secretary of State for Local Government.
The UK has announced it will sell its 40% stake in Eurostar, the high-speed rail operator connecting London and Paris.
The expected £300m will help “reform the British economy and tackle our debts”, according to Chancellor George Osborne.
Banks in the eurozone are rushing to ensure they have sufficient funds to pass the next round of stress tests.
The tests set out by the European Central Bank are designed to test the ability of each bank to withstand a financial shock. This round will be the biggest review of the financial wherewithal of eurozone banks ever made.
Island homeowners in the Ria Formosa natural area do not accept the demolition orders made by Polis Litoral Ria Formosa and are to fight the draconian measures in court.
Two weeks ago, many property owners on Faro Island received letters from Polis Litoral Ria Formosa stating that they must leave their properties by a certain date.
The McCann case has a new prosecutor in Portugal who is determined to help solve the mystery of Madeleine’s disappearance from a Praia da Luz holiday apartment in 2007.
Ines Sequeira is “utterly determined” to solve the case and expects Metropolitan Police officers to return to the resort to “re-interview” three suspects in an effort to shed some light on the girl’s disappearance.
A 300 strong crowd gathered on Saturday morning at the Berlin wall in Olhão to listen to the mayor’s speech and to voice their concerns that should Refer get its way the crossing will stay closed.
Finding that public-spirited locals has removed the offending fencing that has for many divided the city in two, unless locals take a steep and awkward underpass to cross from north to south, the mayor gave his speech anyway – there were TV cameras there after all.
The amount of time people in the UK watch television has been in decline, especially among those aged between 16 and 24.
Viewing times among young people dropped for the third consecutive year, going down to an average 148 minutes a day in 2013 from 169 minutes in 2010.
This year was the fourth and certainly the most popular year to date as over 100,000 meals will have been served in restaurnats and bars in the three council areas participating in the Rota do Petisco that promotes traditional cuisine at a very reasonable price.
Organised by Teia D'Impulsos, the event began on September 5 and ends tonight with the total number of meals served already beating the 100,000 in 2013 which best all expectations.
