Portugal health service shake-up
New government struggles to pull floundering SNS health service into shape Portugal’s state health service (SNS) is having yet another ‘impossibly challenging’ winter: enormous demands on A&E departments, insufficient healthcare
GALP CEO resigns with immediate effect, citing family reasons
Resignation follows admission of relationship with director in company GALP’s CEO and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Filipe Silva, resigned citing family reasons yesterday, following an anonymous complaint about
Boticas mayor accuses lithium company of trespass
Municipality in uproar over government’s support for Savannah Lithium The Mayor of Boticas has accused Savannah Resources (also known as Savannah Lithium) of carrying out work outside the land included
Over 90 kilos of hashish washes up on Algarve beaches
Stormy weather ‘responsible’ for foiling traffickers The GNR’s Coastal and Border Control Unit (UCCF) has seized over 93 kilograms of hashish washed ashore in the Algarve as a result of
Dozens of fire engines taken out of service following fatal accident
Ministry orders “urgent inquiry” into condition of vehicles Minister of Internal Affairs Margarida Blasco has ordered the suspension until further notice of use of firefighter vehicles acquired in the same
More than 1,800 farms affected by bluetongue virus
Bluetongue virus has killed more than 37,000 sheep in Portugal and affected over 1,800 farms, with 118,607 animals infected since October, according to data from the Directorate-General for Food and
President convenes Council of State to decide on political situation in Madeira
Having heard all the political parties with seats in Madeira’s regional parliament today, President Marcelo has convened a Council of State for January 17, ostensibly to “discuss the political situation”
Hong Kong bans chicken imports from Lisbon after cases of bird flu identified
The Chinese semi-autonomous region of Hong Kong has today banned the import of chicken meat and derivatives, including eggs, from the Lisbon district, following the detection of cases of bird
Left Bloc forces parliamentary appreciation of revised land law
Parliament has been forced to “consider the government’s decree to revise the land law” on January 24 in an initiative of the Left Bloc supported by the PCP, Livre and
Novo Banco director dismissed after suspicion of money laundering
Novo Banco director Carlos Brandão, who was dismissed with immediate effect today, has been made a defendant on suspicion of money laundering and forgery, a source linked to the case