Stricken cargo ship opens bitter controversy as rescue still underway
With a nail-biting rescue operation still underway off the coast of Figueira da Foz – where a cargo ship transporting 3,300 tonnes of cellulose pulp has been floundering for days
Weather situation set to improve as storm moves into Spain
The effects of Storm/ Depression Kristin are still being felt in the interior regions of Castelo Branco and Guarda, but the situation is slowly improving as the storm is already
Dozens homeless after gas explosion wrecks Coimbra apartment building
Thirty-five people from 20 families have been left homeless after a gas explosion wrecked an apartment in a seven-story block in Coimbra, also injuring five people, one of them seriously.
Storm Kristin: Five dead, 1,500 incidents, schools closed; areas where people are told “stay home”
Five people are now reported to have died as Storm Kristin brought driving rain accompanied by high winds to Portugal overnight. The various deaths have not all been fully explained.
More than 9,000 protected trees ‘must go’ to pave way for further energy projects
In the space of just two months, Portugal’s centre-right government has authorised the felling of more than 9,000 trees – many of them protected species of cork and holm oaks.
Norwegian tug scrambles to save stricken cargo ship
Reading between the lines there is a degree of bad feeling connected with the drama of stricken cargo ship Eikborg, outside Figueira da Foz harbour. Yesterday, Paulo Mariano – the
10,000 households without electricity in north and centre
Ten thousand customers, mostly in the central and northern coastal regions, were without electricity at 11.30 am today, with more than 400 operational personnel working for network provider E-Redes mobilised
23-year-old soldier dies during Special Operations course on Balsemão river
A second lieutenant of infantry – missing since last night following an incident that occurred during the Special Operations Course on the Balsemão River in Lamego – has been found
Portugal reinforces infantry contingent in Slovakia
A platoon of 155 extra infantry is being prepared to ship out to Slovakia next month. The news came today from General Eduardo Mendes Ferrão who stresses that the country’s
Ukrainian ambassador and first minister to attend fund-raising event in Carvoeiro
As the group of tireless fundraisers, headed by ‘The Poor Man’s Band’, admits: it didn’t expect for one minute to still being raising money for the Ukrainian War Ambulance Fund