Six die in fire in Mirandela old people’s home; 20 injured, five seriously
Six elderly people died today in a Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Mirandela nursing home following a fire, the institution’s ombudsman Adérito Gomes has reported. The fire started in a
PS leader dubs PM’s attack on Constitutional Court, journalists, analysts “incomprehensible”
The PSD party’s Festa do Pontal in Quarteira yesterday continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. This time it is for the content of the speech the prime
Former local politician dies in Guarda wildfire
The body of a former president of the parish council of Vila Franca do Deão has been discovered carbonised. Carlos Dâmaso died fighting a fire that began this morning in
Portugal finally activates European Civil Protection Mechanism to bolster wildfire combat
The European Commission is “mobilising the support” Portugal requested today under the European Civil Protection Mechanism to help combat raging wildfires threatening multiple communities in the north and central regions.
Presidential hopeful rides into battle against “leader” not on frontline with his people
Presidential hopeful Henrique Gouveia e Melo – the naval submarine commander turned Admiral of the Fleet before he retired – has done precisely what current president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
New Algarve hospital tender to be launched by October
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, also leader of the PSD political party, announced yesterday that the construction plans for the Algarve Central Hospital will be launched by early October and represent
Fires in Sátão, Trancoso spread to 10 municipalities
Today is the day that authorities coordinating fire combat are said to be ‘most concerned’ about a perfect storm of weather conditions that could send wildfires into even further dangerous
Price of fruit and veg hammered by extreme heat
Portugal’s period of extreme heat, beyond the horror of constant wildfires, is causing prices to rise for staples like fruit and vegetables – and strangely for tinned tuna. Data collected
Tourist tax ‘bonanza’: municipalities double their money, making €65 million ‘just to June’
The ‘wizard wheeze’ by some of the ‘heavy hitting municipalities’ (like Lisbon and Porto) of increasing tourist taxes has resulted in a veritable cash bonanza. The first six months of
Union cancels airport strikes planned through August
A deal brokered at the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security has headed off further airport strikes by handlers whose actions have already blighted two long weekends. SIMA, the