Penafiel hospital must pay more than €100,000 in compensation to family of young person who died from a brain tumour
The victim reportedly went to A&E 10 times without the tumour being diagnosed. The hospital unit will appeal the decision.
Relação confirma condenação de ativista que atirou tinta verde a Luís Montenegro
The Lisbon Court of Appeal (TRL) upheld the lower-court decision that fined a young environmental activist €1,600 after he struck Prime Minister Luís Montenegro with green paint during a protest.
José Sócrates pede nulidade das sessões de julgamento em que advogada oficiosa participou mas Tribunal recusa
Operation Marquês: Court of Appeal rules that related minor case must be tried separately
The Lisbon Court of Appeal has ruled that the separate case linked to Operation Marquês, in which José Sócrates and Carlos Santos Silva are defendants, should not be joined to the main trial already underway and must be tried separately.
Gypsy posters must come down, court insists
Lisbon Civil Court has rejected the request by CHEGA leader, André Ventura to suspend the removal of billboards targeting the gypsy community – a decision Ventura considers to be unfair. The post Gypsy posters must come down, court insists appeared first on Portugal Resident.
22:00 — Libyan army chief killed in plane crash
Turkish authorities report five fatalities. Also, André Ventura rejects the Court's decision, saying he will not remove the posters he put up criticising ethnic minorities.
11pm — President of the Portuguese Bar Association questions court decision that released man who assaulted a woman
At 11pm, the President of the Portuguese Bar Association criticised the court's decision to release a man accused of assaulting a woman.
Keeping the posters is 'a terrible precedent', say petitioners
Recalling historical cases of stigmatisation, the petitioners' representative warns of a 'spiral of intolerance' if the Lisbon Local Civil Court decides to keep the posters.
