VRSA secures funding to revamp high-performance sports complex
Vila Real de Santo António has secured funding to modernise its High-Performance Sports Centre, a facility used by elite athletes from Portugal and abroad. The agreement, signed on Thursday at
Power cuts to affect seven municipalities on Sunday morning
Thousands of homes across seven Portuguese municipalities will be without electricity for several hours this Sunday morning due to planned maintenance work on the national power grid. According to E-REDES
98 dead in motorcycle crashes this year, GNR warns ahead of MotoGP
Nearly 100 people have died on Portuguese roads in motorcycle accidents since January, GNR police revealed this Friday, just as thousands of bikers head south for the MotoGP Portugal in
Police call for help to identify parents of baby found dead over one year ago in recycling plant
Portugal’s PJ criminal police have issued a public appeal for information to help identify the parents of a baby boy whose body was discovered last August at a recycling plant
Portugal joins global pact to prevent wildfires
Portugal has joined nearly 50 countries in a global pledge to tackle devastating forest fires through prevention, cooperation and a new focus on protecting nature before disaster strikes. “We are
Two earthquakes shake Azores as volcanic alert raised on Terceira
The ground shook twice on Thursday night in the Azores, with two small earthquakes rattling Terceira Island just hours after the volcanic alert for the nearby Santa Bárbara volcano was
Nuno Borges earns high praise from tennis legend Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic was made to fight for every point in Athens, as Portugal’s Nuno Borges pushed the world no.5 to his limits in a thrilling quarter-final at the ATP 250
Government says it has “done everything to avoid repeat” of Lisbon airport chaos
Portugal’s Minister for Internal Affairs, Maria Lúcia Amaral, has vowed that the government has “done everything” to ensure that the travel chaos which paralysed Lisbon airport last month “does not
Europe’s first captive elephant sanctuary to open in Alentejo
Portugal’s Alentejo region is set to become home to a groundbreaking project – Europe’s first sanctuary for elephants that have lived in captivity. Set across 402 hectares between Vila Viçosa
World’s toughest marathon to run through Algarve
The Algarve will host “the biggest and toughest marathon in the world” later this month as Altura, in Castro Marim, becomes the European stage of The Great World Race –