Pelosi in Taiwan and threat from China, PJ searches cyclists' homes and other highlights TSF

2022-08-02 21:03:29 By : Ms. poppy yue

Taiwan's largest airport operator received a bomb threat this morning.The moment Nancy Pelosi's plane landed in TaiwanUS House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday despite threats from China.In view of the forecast of this arrival, Taoyuan International Airport has increased its security level after a bomb threat.All because the People's Republic of China has threatened "targeted military actions" in response to the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.Subscribe to our newsletter and have the news in your email every dayShortly after landing in Taiwan, Nancy Pelosi issued a statement on Twitter in which she recalled that this is the first official visit by a Speaker of the US House of Representatives to Taiwan in the last 25 years.Before the landing, Chinese television announced the passage of several Chinese fighter jets in the Taiwan Strait.Defense sirens went off in the Fujian region of China, moments after Pelosi's plane entered Taiwan's airspace, recorded at 15:11 by the website specializing in flight paths Flightradar24.Taiwan, after the arrival of the US House of Representatives leader, revealed that it had detected 21 Chinese incursions in the air defense identification zone.Here, the Judiciary Police carried out searches "in places linked to cycling teams" within the scope of the Clean Proof operation, confirmed a source linked to the investigation, clarifying that the "main objective was the collection of evidence, namely documentation".TSF also confirmed the existence of searches, including the homes of several cyclists registered in the 83rd Volta a Portugal.An order by the Prime Minister, António Costa, determines that the payment of invoices by the State to Endesa will have to be validated in advance by the Secretary of State for the Environment and Energy, João Galamba.In the voice of Miguel Pinto Luz, the PSD reacted to the order, announcing that the Social Democrats will "ask the ERSE (Energy Services Regulatory Authority), immediately, to carry out and publish, in a transparent manner, a serious analysis of the theme" to "fully clarify the issue".Chega will propose a hearing in Parliament of the Regulatory Authority for Energy Services (ERSE), Endesa and the Secretary of State for Energy, and accused the prime minister of "threatening" a private company.The Liberal Initiative accused the PS of arrogance and retaliation by determining that State services cannot pay Endesa's invoices without validation, considering it to be the modern version of "whoever messes with the PS gets it".The PCP reiterated that the existence of any increase in the price of electricity is "unacceptable" and that it is up to the Government to take measures to avoid it.Finally, BE considered that the Government is taking a "good deed" towards Endesa, asking for coherence and consequence to act in the same way towards other companies that are "abusively profiting from inflation".In Portugal, gas levels in underground storage facilities were, as of 30 June, around 103% of available firm commercial capacity on an annual basis, above European Commission targets.When it comes to tourism, the Secretary of State is optimistic and expects an even better year than 2019, judging by the sector's activity in August.Two years ago, Portugal had the best tourist year in memory in terms of revenue.The tourism sector reached 18.7 billion euros."After two very difficult years for the sector, we have very good expectations", admits Rita Marques."We have all the conditions to close 2022 with revenue values ​​that will exceed those of 2019", she adds.The head of tourism recalls that the Bank of Portugal recently revised upwards the values ​​​​and points to a 4.2% increase in revenue compared to 2019.