Silves firefighters race to save blind man after he falls into Arade river
What could have been another tragedy was averted yesterday thanks to the quick response of Silves firefighters, called to the rescue of a blind man who fell into the river
Families and businesses with tax debts “excluded from state storm support”
With criticism over the government’s handling of the last two weeks of ‘climate emergency’, Correio da Manhã today reports that families and businesses with tax and/ or social security debts
‘Oriana’ named as 15th storm – heralding return of sunshine
After months of rain – and storms with names – we are about to get ‘Oriana’: the 15th in a long miserable line – but the difference is that she
Coimbra’s A1 motorway suffers partial collapse as a result of dyke rupture
Hours after one of the dykes on the Mondego river ruptured late yesterday afternoon – sending tens of thousands of litres of water into farmland – a 10-metre stretch of
Prime minister vows “no one will be left behind in this period of greater emergency”
Prime minister Luís Montenegro travelled to Coimbra today, on the first day in his dual capacity as minister in charge of internal administration. He stressed after a meeting at the
Livestock producers seek to overturn ‘protection’ given to wolves
Portugal’s livestock producers have had enough of wolves: they have banded together to create a national movement to push for wolves’ protected status to be revoked. Orlando Gonçalves of UPGALL
Defence minister summoned to parliament to explain how military was called in to help with storm support
Portugal’s parliament has today approved the hearing of defence minister, Nuno Melo, following a request presented by ‘far-right’ party CHEGA. CHEGA wants clarification on the minister’s actions and decisions taken
Coimbra in crisis; “Dam can’t take any more water”
Authorities in Coimbra have been working to avoid today’s crisis for weeks. But suddenly it is looking as if the Aguieira dam can take no more water. With no let
“Situation of Calamity should be for three months”
Today’s parliamentary debate on the government’s handling of the current climate emergency may have been delayed, but the ‘genie has already escaped the bottle’. PS Socialists are on the warpath.
INEM praises nine-year-old boy for helping save mother’s life
At a point where news is unusually ‘dire’, INEM medical emergency authority has brought the heartening story of a little boy who called them, in panic, after his mother collapsed