UK resident Paramjeet Singh has been held in detention in Portugal at the request of the Indian authorities since 18 December, 2015 after his surprise inclusion on an Interpol alert list and subsequent arrest at an Albufeira hotel.

The Indian justice department wants Singh to stand trial in India for terrorist activities and yesterday he was detained for a further 22 days to allow the Indian authorities to get its extradition case together.

Bhai Amrik Singh, the Chair of the Sikh Federation in the UK said yesterday, “the additional period is to allow the Indian authorities more time to produce evidence on the extradition of Paramjeet Singh to India where he will almost certainly be subject to torture and possible death.”  

Twin Portuguese brothers, immigrants to Australia and living in Brisbane, have been convicted for using a locksmith service as a front for a highly successful methamphetamine distribution business.

The Australian police claim the twins made profits totaling the equivalent of €1.7 million which was channeled to Hells Angels gangs.

Infraestruturas de Portugal run by former railways boss António Ramalho said today that recent news reports that the electrification of the Algarve’s railway line has been 'abandoned' simply are not true.

There will be a delay though, while Infraestruturas de Portugal concentrates elsewhere on higher priority railway projects far from the sun-kissed south.

A major marine reserve is to be created by Britain in the South Atlantic island of Ascension.

The island is one of the 14 British Overseas Territories. Half of the its waters will see fishing closed while the other half will have a tuna fishery guided by international standards.

Portugal is vulnerable to operations that finance Islamist terrorism, according to a report from the Ministry of Justice that has come to light after six months.

'Portugal has few defences' against those who want to finance Islamic extremist activities, but the threat is not see as ‘high level’ according to a document circulated last summer by the Policy Directorate-General at the Ministry of Justice.

Nearly 5,900 families have lost their homes since 2014 due action by Portugal’s tax authority.

Parliament at last is to debate proposals put forward by the Socialist Party and the Left Bloc to stop future seizures of first homes to reduce unnecessary homelessness and family breakdowns.

Spain is recommending the creation of a “whale highway” to help dolphins, whales and other marine species avoid the hazards involved with oil drilling.

A safe migration route will be plotted on Spain’s east Mediterranean coast between Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands.

Portugal’s Competition Court has halved the €9.3 million fine handed to Galp Energia as the company was ‘negligent’ rather than ‘wilful’ in condoning an anti-competitive structure among its bottled gas distributors.

Galp Energia still has to pay €4.09 million of the fine issued by the Competition Authority in February last year, a reduction that the company says is "partly positive."