European Council chief argues more grid interconnections needed to avoid future blackouts
António Costa encourages investments in network security In what instantly sounded odd – given that Portugal’s energy blackout last week is believed to have been caused by power oscillations on
PM makes promises to nation’s farmers
“Will ease red tape, to help make sector more self-sustainable” On the vote-catching trail today, Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro has “promised” to ease bureaucratic rules applied to Portuguese farmers
Lufthansa to get €1.5 million in tax breaks for setting up in Santa Maria da Feira
Lufthansa’s plant for repair of aircraft engine parts “should create 526 jobs” Lufthansa Technik is to receive tax benefits from the Portuguese state that could exceed €1.5 million for setting
Portugal paying four times more for electricity since uncoupling from Spanish grid
Country expects to hook back up with Spanish grid “in next few days” The downside of pulling Portugal’s link to the Spanish grid (for security reasons) has been explained today:
Debates over: Portugal wades into campaign for election “no one wants”
May 18 elections described as “strangest and most unpredictable in history of Portuguese democracy” With pre-election debates finally over, Portugal is now in the thick of a campaign that has
Analysis of Iberian Blackout throws up ‘third anomaly’
Three specific incidents linked to last Monday’s mass power outage Spain is continuing to insist that it cannot be sure what caused the power outage last week that left Portugal,
Álvaro Sobrinho – suspected of multi-million euro fraud – fined €204 for missing court appearance
Sobrinho charged with 18 counts of abuse of trust; five of money laundering Álvaro Sobrinho, the former chairman of BESA (BES Angola) – on whose watch billions of euros went
Portugal joins European efforts to lure US researchers fleeing Trump regime
Nova medical school launches €2 million programme Following on from initiatives launched in other European universities, Portugal’s NOVA medical school has launched a new programme to “attract international researchers of
Porto mayor tells Church to find funding from private sector
Church in Porto has been exchanging properties over tenants heads The scandal of the Diocese of Porto ‘exchanging properties over tenants’ heads’ – and leaving them at risk of eviction
18,000 ‘undocumented immigrants’ not wanted in Portugal
Immigrants will be asked to leave voluntarily; if not, they will be deported On May 1 immigrants waiting for papers in Portugal took part in two demonstrations, demanding to be