The local GNR already has a list of crowd members who witnessed the Mourão cat burning incident. The culprits will be found.

The District of Bragança GNR Command said today that its officers are continuing in their efforts to identify from the list those responsible for the Saint John's day ‘traditional’ cat burning incident.

The culprits will be interviewed with a view to prosecution using Portugal’s new animal protection laws.

Portimão council has scuppered plans by Butwell Trading to build a tourist development at Quinta da Rocha by the river at Alvor.

The council executive voted "immediately to suspend the current proposal" from Butwell to the delight of eco-organisations and members of the public who have campaigned for years against the destruction of the natural riverside habitat by companies controlled by Aprígio Santos (pictured), millionaire property developer, football club owner and eco-vandal.

Lagos: 1.48 kilometres, a cost of €3.47 million and happiness at last for motorists who now can use the new road that links the Praia da Luz to the Fonte Coberta roundabouts which takes the pressure of the busy city of Lagos.

The construction under Rotas do Algarve Litoral was meant to be finished “at the latest by April” - so July 1st is not bad. 

Six Algarve business associations are entering a third injunction against the construction of a commercial complex near Loulé which includes an IKEA store.
 
The president of the Trade and Services Association of the Algarve Region (ACRAL) contests the size of the 40 hectare project and the environmental impact study paid for and presented by IKEA, as he considers the construction of the commercial complex “affects the Algarve.”

Nearly one million people acquired citizenship of an EU country in 2013.

This was an increase of 20% over the previous year, representing about 163,000 individuals.

Consumers in Britain have gained more confidence about the economy, pushing the rate in June to its highest since January 2000.

People are benefitting from increased employment, low inflation rates and wage increases. Official data showed average weekly pay growth of nearly 3% in the three months to April. This was the fastest rate of growth since December 2008.

The former Minister of Internal Affairs, Miguel Macedo, the one who resigned over the Golden Visa affair and went back to being an MP, heard today that his parliamentary immunity has been lifted and he can be heard as a defendant in the ongoing case.

The parliamentary committee for ethics decided in a special meeting that Macedo’s parliamentary immunity should be lifted even though he resigned, has not yet been sought as an arguido, and claims to have had nothing to do with the Golden Visa scandal which saw the arrest of 11 suspects.

British finance companies say their difficulty in recruiting more staff is due to a serious shortage of skills.

The view is shared by 98% of companies which reported that their quest to hire more personnel is a challenge because of the problem of finding suitable staff.