Consumers in Portugal will be expected to pay for past mistakes made by the largely unregulated and indebted water sector. A proposed new law that aims to alter the water billing process, restructure national supply company Águas de Portugal and finally give some power to the sector’s regulatory body will mean further tariff increases for the end-consumer.
Dozens of hunting dogs kept in appalling conditions in a privately-owned kennel in Rogil, Aljezur, have disappeared and their wheareabouts are unknown, except for three which were reported to still be in the kennel.
Isabel Moreira, an MP for the Socialist Party, who helped draft the gay co-adoption proposal, was moved to tears when she saw the approval of the measure.
Archaeologists have uncovered a near-complete skeleton dating from the 15th or 16th century on a cliff-top site above the Santa Eulália beach in Albufeira.
Portuguese jails are becoming overcrowded and filled with young inmates, while there are fewer and older guards, warned the National Union of Prison Guards at a recent demonstration.
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