September 5: A 36-year-old Portuguese woman, working in environmental investigations in
Amazonia, is murdered in Sena Madureira,
Acre, Brazil. A suspect has been arrested.
September 5: Minister for Education
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues reaffirms that the
socialist government will implement the polemic new rules in education, like the possibility of parental evaluation of teachers.
September 4: Executive director of the Portuguese League for Professional Football resigns due to the installed caos in the
Portuguese Liga caused by the Mateus Affairm, regarding the relegation of
Gil Vicente F.C. to the Liga de Honra.
August 2006
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July 2006
July 18:During the
Bissau summit of
CPLP(logo pictured), Portugal reached several group and bilateral agreements with its former colonies.
Lisbon will hold the 2008 summit.
July 13: Portugal with tropical nights until Sunday says the Instituto de Metereologia. Temperatures won't drop below the 18 degrees Celsius and will keep up at a minimum of 24 in many areas. Day temperatures reached 42.5 in
Amareleja with the rest of the country close-by. Health General Direction advices children, ill and older people to take the usual summer precautions during this week.
July 10: The government reached an agreement in order to change the laws of
Social Security, however, the biggest Portuguese
trade union confederation, the
CGTP, refused to take part in the deal.
July 10: The Portuguese
GDP only grew 0.1 to 0.4 in the second quarter of 2006, although this weak growth is not expected to influence the 1% growth that is likely for 2006.
July 9: Six firemen, five
Chilean and one Portuguese died this afternoon while fighting a wildfire near
Guarda.
July 9: The Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Porto will reduce its number of students by 20%.
July 9: The Portuguese national football team arrived this morning in Lisbon.
July 8: The consumption of electricity in Portugal rose by 0.2% in June.
July 8: The Portuguese athlete
Naide Gomes set a new national record in long jump, after jumping 6.82 meters, in a meeting held in the German city of
Bad Langensalza.
July 7: The tomb of
king Afonso I(pictured), the first king of Portugal who ruled between
1128-
1185, is due to be opened at 17:00 in
Coimbra, one of the objectives is to know the
king's biological profile, if possible to know his real face, which is unknown, and it would also help to solve if some events were history or legend.
July 4: The new project and implementation date for the
Porto-
VigoTGV line will be unveiled in November says the minister of Transports,
Mário Lino after a meeting with the president of the autonomous government of
Galicia,
Emilio Pérez Touriño, during the president's visit to Portugal.
June 30: A Portuguese ship with 30 fishermen was arrested by the Norwegian authorities being accused of fishing in Norwegian waters.
June 30: The municipality of
Porto announced that it will only subsidize the institutions that do not criticize the municipal administration. Some jurists consider the measure illegal.
June 27: The government announced that a second referendum to the legalization of abortion will be held on January, eight years after the
first referendum, won by the "No".
June 26: Demonstrators are gathered in front of the
Barcelos hospital, protesting against the closure of the birth bloc.
June 26: The Common Front of labour unions of the public sector presented a complaint in the International Labour Organization regarding violations of the
collective bargaining agreements by the government.
June 26: The government announced the creation of a credit line to aid the fishermen, worth 30 million euros.
June 23: The
city of Porto prepares itself for its longest night, the
Saint John's festivals, with street
carnivals, feasts in the neighbourhoods and plazas, and fireworks from both banks of
Douro River.
June 23:
GM will have to return to the Portuguese state 30 million
euros if the industrial unit of
Azambuja closes before 2009. The crisis is due to be discussed in the
European Parliament, due to concerns over "the perceptible long term strategy" by GM to transfer factories from the
European Union to Russia and
Southeast Asia.
June 20: An estimated 257,000 people are in the surgery queue of the National Health Service.
June 19: The workers of the
General Motors manufacturing plant of Zaragoza, rejected the production of the
Opel Combo model if that implies the dismantlement of the Portuguese factory in
Azambuja.
June 18: Between Wednesday and Saturday, 10 people died in the Portuguese roads and a total of 1038 car accidents were reported by the traffic brigade of the
Republican National Guard
June 14: About 7,000 teachers demonstrated in
Lisbon, demanding a new policy for the sector and the resignation of the minister
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues.
June 12: Following a decision by the government, the birth block of the
Elvas hospital is closed today. Part of the population of Elvas has been protesting for this block not to be closed.
June 12: The minister of labour recognized that the number of job offers in Portugal is far from being satisfactory.
June 12: The teachers of a basic school in Lumiar,
Lisbon, closed the school, after the aggression of one teacher by a student.
June 9: The Portuguese
GDP increased by 1% in the first quarter of 2006.
June 9: Three in each four Portuguese
teachers feel dissatisfaction about the government's policies for education.
June 7: The
Council of Europe reported evidence that Portugal collaborated with CIA with the clandestine abduction, detention and transfer of prisoners.
June 7: Several
wildfires are active in Portugal, mainly due to the severe heat.
June 7: The government announced that the number of new places for students in public
universities will remain unchanged this year.
June 7: Thousands of
police officers participate in a demonstration in
Lisbon, demanding better working conditions.
May 12: A record number of
pilgrims are expected in the Sanctuary of
Fátima for the
13 May celebrations.
May 12: The world's first
Wave farm is being implemented in the coast of
Póvoa de Varzim, it will start generating electricity for consumers in August. It will have 10 to 20% more efficiency than
wind farms.
May 1: A bull run in
Samora Correia killed a man and injured several other persons.
April 2006
Apr 27: The minister Mário Lino announced a change of opinion about the
TGV connection between
Porto and
Vigo.
Apr 27: A fire in a factory in
Tomar severely injured two workers.
Apr 25: The 32nd anniversary of the
Carnation Revolution was celebrated in the Parliament, the President's speech was marked by concerns about social welfare and political transparency.
Mar 31: The Public Ministry asked for the ultimate penalty (26 years) for
Brazilian Marcus Fernandes, accused of killing two Polícia de Segurança Pública agents and trying to kill a third one, in the neighbourhood of Cova da Moura,
Amadora, in the suburbs of
Lisbon
Mar 27:
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates said today that governmental measures against
bureaucracy are directed to foment economic growth, improve the quality of life of Portuguese citizens and raise the prestige of the Public Administration.
Mar 27: A study by the Portuguese Consumer's Defence concludes that the majority of the Portuguese
pharmaceutical laboratories are not transparent.
Mar 24: Several elements of the Portuguese police are among the 29 people arrested after being involved in a
gunrunning net.
Mar 23: After postponing the change of the
abortion law during the last year, the
Socialist Party announced now that will struggle for its decriminalization.
Mar 20: The
municipal chambers of the southern region of
Algarve announced that the price of
water may experience massive raises due to the shortages during the summer.
Mar 19: The 28th Congress of the
Social Democratic Party approved several changes to the party's statutes, including a new method of electing the party's president.
Mar 15: The Ministry of Agriculture announced that American
firefighters will collaborate with Portugal in the combat against
wildfires.
Mar 13:
Millennium bcp bank makes an
acquisition offer over
BPI bank. The takeover would create the biggest Portuguese bank. This comes after another acquisition offer made by
SONAE targeting
Portugal Telecom, Portugal's telecommunication giant.
Mar 7: The General-Direction of Veterinary announces the obligation for domestic
birds to be registered, in a measure against the possibility of a
bird flu epidemic.
Mar 6: After stating he was impressed with the "educational system" of Finland,
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates announces that Finnish technological agencies will collaborate in the Portuguese technological plan.
September 5: A 36-year-old Portuguese woman, working in environmental investigations in
Amazonia, is murdered in Sena Madureira,
Acre, Brazil. A suspect has been arrested.
September 5: Minister for Education
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues reaffirms that the
socialist government will implement the polemic new rules in education, like the possibility of parental evaluation of teachers.
September 4: Executive director of the Portuguese League for Professional Football resigns due to the installed caos in the
Portuguese Liga caused by the Mateus Affairm, regarding the relegation of
Gil Vicente F.C. to the Liga de Honra.
August 2006
none
July 2006
July 18:During the
Bissau summit of
CPLP(logo pictured), Portugal reached several group and bilateral agreements with its former colonies.
Lisbon will hold the 2008 summit.
July 13: Portugal with tropical nights until Sunday says the Instituto de Metereologia. Temperatures won't drop below the 18 degrees Celsius and will keep up at a minimum of 24 in many areas. Day temperatures reached 42.5 in
Amareleja with the rest of the country close-by. Health General Direction advices children, ill and older people to take the usual summer precautions during this week.
July 10: The government reached an agreement in order to change the laws of
Social Security, however, the biggest Portuguese
trade union confederation, the
CGTP, refused to take part in the deal.
July 10: The Portuguese
GDP only grew 0.1 to 0.4 in the second quarter of 2006, although this weak growth is not expected to influence the 1% growth that is likely for 2006.
July 9: Six firemen, five
Chilean and one Portuguese died this afternoon while fighting a wildfire near
Guarda.
July 9: The Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Porto will reduce its number of students by 20%.
July 9: The Portuguese national football team arrived this morning in Lisbon.
July 8: The consumption of electricity in Portugal rose by 0.2% in June.
July 8: The Portuguese athlete
Naide Gomes set a new national record in long jump, after jumping 6.82 meters, in a meeting held in the German city of
Bad Langensalza.
July 7: The tomb of
king Afonso I(pictured), the first king of Portugal who ruled between
1128-
1185, is due to be opened at 17:00 in
Coimbra, one of the objectives is to know the
king's biological profile, if possible to know his real face, which is unknown, and it would also help to solve if some events were history or legend.
July 4: The new project and implementation date for the
Porto-
VigoTGV line will be unveiled in November says the minister of Transports,
Mário Lino after a meeting with the president of the autonomous government of
Galicia,
Emilio Pérez Touriño, during the president's visit to Portugal.
June 30: A Portuguese ship with 30 fishermen was arrested by the Norwegian authorities being accused of fishing in Norwegian waters.
June 30: The municipality of
Porto announced that it will only subsidize the institutions that do not criticize the municipal administration. Some jurists consider the measure illegal.
June 27: The government announced that a second referendum to the legalization of abortion will be held on January, eight years after the
first referendum, won by the "No".
June 26: Demonstrators are gathered in front of the
Barcelos hospital, protesting against the closure of the birth bloc.
June 26: The Common Front of labour unions of the public sector presented a complaint in the International Labour Organization regarding violations of the
collective bargaining agreements by the government.
June 26: The government announced the creation of a credit line to aid the fishermen, worth 30 million euros.
June 23: The
city of Porto prepares itself for its longest night, the
Saint John's festivals, with street
carnivals, feasts in the neighbourhoods and plazas, and fireworks from both banks of
Douro River.
June 23:
GM will have to return to the Portuguese state 30 million
euros if the industrial unit of
Azambuja closes before 2009. The crisis is due to be discussed in the
European Parliament, due to concerns over "the perceptible long term strategy" by GM to transfer factories from the
European Union to Russia and
Southeast Asia.
June 20: An estimated 257,000 people are in the surgery queue of the National Health Service.
June 19: The workers of the
General Motors manufacturing plant of Zaragoza, rejected the production of the
Opel Combo model if that implies the dismantlement of the Portuguese factory in
Azambuja.
June 18: Between Wednesday and Saturday, 10 people died in the Portuguese roads and a total of 1038 car accidents were reported by the traffic brigade of the
Republican National Guard
June 14: About 7,000 teachers demonstrated in
Lisbon, demanding a new policy for the sector and the resignation of the minister
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues.
June 12: Following a decision by the government, the birth block of the
Elvas hospital is closed today. Part of the population of Elvas has been protesting for this block not to be closed.
June 12: The minister of labour recognized that the number of job offers in Portugal is far from being satisfactory.
June 12: The teachers of a basic school in Lumiar,
Lisbon, closed the school, after the aggression of one teacher by a student.
June 9: The Portuguese
GDP increased by 1% in the first quarter of 2006.
June 9: Three in each four Portuguese
teachers feel dissatisfaction about the government's policies for education.
June 7: The
Council of Europe reported evidence that Portugal collaborated with CIA with the clandestine abduction, detention and transfer of prisoners.
June 7: Several
wildfires are active in Portugal, mainly due to the severe heat.
June 7: The government announced that the number of new places for students in public
universities will remain unchanged this year.
June 7: Thousands of
police officers participate in a demonstration in
Lisbon, demanding better working conditions.
May 12: A record number of
pilgrims are expected in the Sanctuary of
Fátima for the
13 May celebrations.
May 12: The world's first
Wave farm is being implemented in the coast of
Póvoa de Varzim, it will start generating electricity for consumers in August. It will have 10 to 20% more efficiency than
wind farms.
May 1: A bull run in
Samora Correia killed a man and injured several other persons.
April 2006
Apr 27: The minister Mário Lino announced a change of opinion about the
TGV connection between
Porto and
Vigo.
Apr 27: A fire in a factory in
Tomar severely injured two workers.
Apr 25: The 32nd anniversary of the
Carnation Revolution was celebrated in the Parliament, the President's speech was marked by concerns about social welfare and political transparency.
Mar 31: The Public Ministry asked for the ultimate penalty (26 years) for
Brazilian Marcus Fernandes, accused of killing two Polícia de Segurança Pública agents and trying to kill a third one, in the neighbourhood of Cova da Moura,
Amadora, in the suburbs of
Lisbon
Mar 27:
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates said today that governmental measures against
bureaucracy are directed to foment economic growth, improve the quality of life of Portuguese citizens and raise the prestige of the Public Administration.
Mar 27: A study by the Portuguese Consumer's Defence concludes that the majority of the Portuguese
pharmaceutical laboratories are not transparent.
Mar 24: Several elements of the Portuguese police are among the 29 people arrested after being involved in a
gunrunning net.
Mar 23: After postponing the change of the
abortion law during the last year, the
Socialist Party announced now that will struggle for its decriminalization.
Mar 20: The
municipal chambers of the southern region of
Algarve announced that the price of
water may experience massive raises due to the shortages during the summer.
Mar 19: The 28th Congress of the
Social Democratic Party approved several changes to the party's statutes, including a new method of electing the party's president.
Mar 15: The Ministry of Agriculture announced that American
firefighters will collaborate with Portugal in the combat against
wildfires.
Mar 13:
Millennium bcp bank makes an
acquisition offer over
BPI bank. The takeover would create the biggest Portuguese bank. This comes after another acquisition offer made by
SONAE targeting
Portugal Telecom, Portugal's telecommunication giant.
Mar 7: The General-Direction of Veterinary announces the obligation for domestic
birds to be registered, in a measure against the possibility of a
bird flu epidemic.
Mar 6: After stating he was impressed with the "educational system" of Finland,
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates announces that Finnish technological agencies will collaborate in the Portuguese technological plan.