Low purchasing power, ever higher house prices – Pordata
Portugal is the second country in the European Union where housing prices have risen the most since 2020 and is among the Member States with the lowest purchasing power, according
New Lisbon airport will need to ‘divert water courses’
One of the ‘surprises’ of the last few weeks of persistent rain was the ‘flooding’ of Alcochete Shooting Range, the site chosen (after 50 years of dithering) for Lisbon’s long-awaited
New minister of internal administration gets ‘stuck in’ before taking office
Even before taking office, the government’s choice for the new minister of internal administration has started making waves. Luís Neves – a career criminal investigator and former national director of
Plan for Portugal’s ‘transformation’ – “political dialogue starts next week”
The much-anticipated ‘announcement’ on the broad outlines of PTRR (the government’s vision of rebuilding Portugal in the context of recent storms) turned into a bit of a damp squib this
Parliament approves final texts in government housing package
The final texts of two draft bills in the government’s housing package were approved today in parliament in a final overall vote – with votes in favour from the minority
Leiria loses up to eight million trees in Storm Kristin
It is only in the last few days that the sheer number of trees lost (just in the district of Leiria) has become clear: between five to eight million. Experts
South (still) has enough water for “two to three years”
With the torrential rains of earlier this month now apparently over, authorities have ‘revealed’ that “the south of the country has enough water stored for two to three years”. This
All eyes on Council of Ministers for details of “Portugal transformation” plan
All eyes today are on the Council of Ministers which promises to announce the government’s plan for “Portugal Transformation, Recovery and Resilience”, or PTRR, in response to what is now
Land, sea and air searches fail to find tourist swept out to sea in Aljezur
Late last night there was still no sign of the 20-year-old Romanian tourist swept out to sea while he swam with a friend at Arrifana beach, in Aljezur. The incident
Cardiac patients in north ‘dying due to long waiting lists’
Long waiting lists in the state health system are nothing new – but four hospitals in the north are trying valiantly to ring the changes before more people die waiting