Alentejo celebrates best tourism year ever in 2024
The Alentejo region recorded “the best tourism year ever” in 2024, with an increase in the number of overnight stays and income, the president of the Regional Tourism Authority said
New record as air traffic control handles 7.5% more flights in 2024
NAV Portugal controlled 917,000 IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) flights in Portuguese airspace in 2024 – 7.5% more than the previous year and a new annual high, the air navigation service
CHEGA delivers ‘motion of censure’ over PM’s family company
Company “contravenes government code” – tabloid Right wing party CHEGA has submitted a motion of censure to the government, considering there are “very serious suspicions of incompatibility” on the part
Lisbon’s quake classified as “moderate/intermediate”
Quake does not suggest seismic activity increasing – meteorologist Residents in and around Lisbon are still talking about the earthquake yesterday, measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale, which rattled the
Portugal welcomes plan to ease budgetary rules for extra defence spending
European Commission’s plan designed to bolster European security as US pulls back Portugal has welcomed the European Commission’s intention to ease budgetary rules to allow more defence spending (even for
Public prosecutor accuses Navy mutineers of “insubordination through disobedience”
Almost two years since the Mondego mutiny hit the headlines, and months after the matter was last dealt with by the Navy, Portugal’s public prosecutor has accused the 13 sailors
January was 2nd “rainiest” for Portugal since 2000
January was the 2nd rainiest January in Portugal since the turn of the century – but it still didn’t totally fix the ‘drought’ problems in the Alentejo and Barlavento Algarve.
Firefighters tire of ‘waiting’ for audit results over safety of 81 vehicles
The League of Portuguese Firefighters is tired of waiting to hear the results of the various ‘audits’ imposed on 81 vehicles purchased in the same lot as the one involved
Two pilots per week are quitting Portuguese Air Force
The Portuguese Air Force is hemorrhaging pilots to the private sector (where they can earn three times as much as they take home in the armed forces). At a point
Coimbra researchers produce algae-based products to fight Covid-19
The University of Coimbra’s Faculty of Science and Technology (FCTUC) has announced that its researchers are developing several natural products based on algae that are effective in combating the “SARS-CoV-2”