CHEGA calls for commission of inquiry into Portugal’s wildfires “and its business”
Portugal’s second political force, the new ‘opposition’ since last May’s elections, has announced that it is filing a request today for a commission of inquiry into the fires that have
Five people dead in accident on EN266 between Portimão and Monchique
Five people have died in a violent accident today between Portimão and Monchique, in the Algarve. The incident, on the EN266, appears to have involved only one vehicle, which must
Two separate fires break out in Pedrógão Grande
Out of seemingly ‘nowhere’ two separate fires started this afternoon in Pedrógão Grande – the municipality known for the highest loss of human lives in a single fire in Portugal’s
Death announced of forestry worker seriously injured in Sabugal fire
A fourth person has died as a consequence of the wildfires that have devastated large parts of the north and central regions of Portugal since July. Daniel Esteves was 45
Bangladeshi media highlights work of expatriates in Portugal’s wildfires
Bangladeshi newspaper the Dhaka Post has carried a report on how ‘Bangladeshi expatriates” are “working day and night to control a devastating wildfire in the Oliveira do Hospital area of
CGTP calls for ‘national day of struggle’ in September
The Communist-backed CGTP union confederation has called for demonstrations in Lisbon and Porto on 20 September against the draft revision of labour legislation, calling on workers to mobilise against what
Project for lithium exploration “could be extended”
For weeks now, the relentless wildfires in Portugal have powered fears that the devastation caused will play neatly into the hands of the lithium ‘lobby’. Communities desperate to save their
PM makes series of announcements related to Portugal’s devastating wildfires
Prime minister Luís Montenegro made a series of announcements yesterday evening following an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers in Viseu to draw up ‘responses’ to the devastating wildfires
“Number of ambulance births not directly related to closure of maternity units”
SIC Notícias has been conducting interviews with government figures who appear to be shielding ministers under fire. Thus, after the fairly extraordinary interview with the secretary of state for civil
Government turns tables on doctors who quit SNS to become agency workers
Portugal’s centre-right government has come up with a strategy to stop ‘losing doctors’ to agencies which then hire those doctors out to the state at ‘vastly inflated sums’. The idea,