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Mondego ‘mutiny’: lawyers defending unlucky 13 sailors say Navy has ‘erased evidence’

Mondego ‘mutiny’: lawyers defending unlucky 13 sailors say Navy has ‘erased evidence’
Portugal Resident
Ship has been thoroughly cleaned, and repair material flown to Funchal Lawyers for the 13 sailors facing disciplinary action for refusing to set out on a mission on a patrol boat riddled with problems claim the Navy has ‘erased evidence’ ahead of their clients’ hearings tomorrow in front of Judicial Military Police in Lisbon. A […]
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Monchique ‘revitalised’ five years after major fire

Monchique ‘revitalised’ five years after major fire
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Five new hiking trails created as part of ‘Revitalising Monchique’ project A project to ‘revitalise’ Monchique after the major wildfire in 2018 has come to a close, with its crowning achievement being the creation of five new hiking trails. ‘Revitalizar Monchique – o turismo como catalizador’ (Revitalising Monchique – tourism as a catalyst) was launched […]
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90.000-strong petition calls for criminalisation of cruelty to ALL animals

90.000-strong petition calls for criminalisation of cruelty to ALL animals
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Petition to be presented in parliament on Wednesday Animal lovers who marched in such numbers in Lisbon in January have raised a petition with over 90,000 signatures, defending the criminalisation of cruelty/ abuse of ALL animals (not just those that fall into the bracket of household pets). A statement from União Zoófila today refers to […]
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Record number of immigrants to Portugal ask to be sent home

Record number of immigrants to Portugal ask to be sent home
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Contributing factors include unemployment, difficulties in accessing labour market and housing  Requests for support for the voluntary return of migrants from Portugal broke records in 2022, with 1,051 asking to go home, mostly Brazilians. Vasco Malta, head of the mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) tells Lusa: “For Brazil, there were 913 requests, […]
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Saturday round-up: TAP CEO demands more than €3 million in severance pay; Alentejan councils investigated for fraud with EU funds

Saturday round-up: TAP CEO demands more than €3 million in severance pay; Alentejan councils investigated for fraud with EU funds
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Country’s bishops cannot agree on pedophile priests; teachers maintain strike actions Saturday has brought no end to ongoing national soap operas. Splashed over Correio da Manhã’s front page is the fact that ousted TAP CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener is reported to be demanding more than €3 million in severance pay.  Adding to the enormity of the […]
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Sunken art to become new Algarve attraction

Sunken art to become new Algarve attraction
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Artworks will be sunken to create an underwater exhibition off the coast of Praia de Santa Eulália in Albufeira Some of the artworks which are going to be sunken to create an underwater exhibition off the coast of Praia de Santa Eulália in Albufeira – which has already received the green lights it needed from […]
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