Portugal’s worst outbreak of Legionella which had its epicenter in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, near Lisbon has been traced to a cooling tower at a fertiliser factory.
The management of Adubos de Portugal Fertilizantes may now be prosecuted as a report has been sent to the prosecutor who will see if any environmental crime has been committed.
The Algarve region is a gastronome’s playground, having has the highest number of Michelin Guide starts in the country.
An impressive total of seven of the 17 Michelin stars awarded this year to Portuguese restaurants are in the Algarve.
Data released today by the Bank of Portugal showed a continuing negative three month trend which began in August.
According to the Monthly Economic Indicators revealed by the central bank's monthly report, economic activity fell -1.0% for the month.
The top 50 fastest-growing tech companies in the UK generated more than £963 million in total annual revenues in the last year, according to Deloitte.
Diverse aspects of technology are represented in the top 50.
The Algarve’s nurses went on strike today with Faro, Lagos and Portimão hospitals badly affected with only urgent surgery being performed in Faro.
The overall strike rate was 65% according to the union representative who said the action was all to do with staffing levels.
The Catalan president has been charged by Spain’s attorney general after the unofficial referendum on independence.
Artur Mas has been charged with disobedience, perverting the course of justice, misuse of public funds and abuse of power.
Argentina has decreed that all public transport vehicles and stations display signs proclaiming “The Falklands are Argentine”.
Naturally, the signs are to call the islands Las Malvinas.
Portugal's Deputy Prime Minister, Paulo Portas, spent an uncomfortable afternoon in Parliament trying his best to answer questions about his failed Golden Visa project which has seen many already wealthy property owners shift their houses, and an elite cadre of public servants enrich themselves in the process.
Portas claimed that the Golden Visa scheme is not a huge money laundering operation and that he certainly was not going to resign over the furore created by last week’s arrests and resignations, including that of Miguel Macedo, the Minister for Internal Affairs.
