Depression Marta to bring “hours of extreme tension”
Minister for the Environment, Maria da Graça Carvalho, has warned that storm Marta will be, like Kristin and Leonardo, “very difficult” and calls for special attention to and by populations
Damage caused by bad weather already more than €4 billion – PM
Prime minister Luís Montenegro made an ‘unscheduled’ trip to Santarém today to visit people who have had to be evacuated from their homes. As the press posse caught up with
Unions turn government’s ‘labour reform’ on its head
In the midst of catastrophe, the only union ‘dialoguing with the government’ over the latter’s plan for labour reform has delivered a ‘counter proposal’ which turns the PSD/CDS-PP coalition’s blueprint
Residents of villages without power for 10 days take to streets
Residents of villages that have been without electricity for 10 days following Storm Kristin, are mobilising for a demonstration tonight in Pombal to demand urgent solutions for the population, which,
Government ‘knew electricity pylons wouldn’t withstand Kristin’s winds’
Portugal’s government ‘knew’ that the country’s electrical system would not withstand the speed of the winds brought last week by Depression Kristin – but there was nothing that could be
Douro river bursts its banks; landslide renders homes uninhabitable in Arruda dos Vinhos
Friday sees yet another day in which multiple areas are under threat from rising rivers; homes have been ‘destroyed’ by landslides; another elderly man has fallen to his death from
PM addresses country as communities brace over rising river levels
Prime minister Luís Montenegro spoke to the country tonight, announcing immediate help to populations affected by the recent storms (Kristin and Leonardo). The government is extending the ‘situation of calamity’
Barroso lithium mine: NGOs take European Commission to court
NGOs and civic groups intent on saving Covas do Barroso from the ravages of open-pit mining for lithium have entered an action today against the European Commission in the Court
André Ventura suggests delaying Sunday’s presidential ‘run-off’ altogether
With so much of the country reeling from the effects of two violent storms, candidate for the presidency André Ventura has announced that he will be proposing a delay in
Bomb hoaxes disrupt trial of stevedores linked to Brazilian mafia
Three separate calls about a bomb on the premises were received by Porto’s São João Novo courthouse this morning, disrupting the trial of seven stevedores accused of receiving €40,000 to