Minister appeals to “people of Algarve”: let desalination plant go forwards
Environment minister Maria da Graça Carvalho has appealed to the “people of the Algarve, and the country” to let work on the desalination plant, to be located near Praia da
Presidential elections just days away: polls turn up heat
Voting in Portugal’s presidential elections has already begun (more than 218,000 voters are enrolled for early voting today) – but the outcome in what will almost certainly only be a
Civil Protection goes on attack after firefighters league creates ‘ambulance task force’
In an example of everything that is wrong with decision-making when it comes to the nation’s healthcare cover, the Civil Protection agency has announced that it is opening an investigation
Government signs negotiation agreement with doctors federation
The government has assured today that it “will not give up on finding consensus” with healthcare professionals, after signing a negotiation agreement with FNAM, the National Federation of Doctors that
Praia da Rocha beach-bar goes up in flames during dead of night
Another ‘strange’ fire has partially consumed a beach-bar restaurant in Praia da Rocha. The fire took hold last Friday night, with the alert raised just after 10pm. It is unclear
Algarve’s long awaited, long promised central hospital to be operational by 2031
The long awaited, long promised by several governments Central Hospital of the Algarve, construction of which was formally approved yesterday by the government for a maximum amount of 426.6 million
Babies galore! “There haven’t been this many babies for 13 years”
Data from IRN, the notaries and registrars’ institute, shows there were 89,162 babies born in Portugal last year – 4,000 more than the year before. Pre-2000, the country hummed along
GNR dodge gunshots, foil ‘attacker’ by shooting him in hand
Two GNR agents confronted with an ‘active shooter’ in Almada yesterday retaliated by shooting the man in the hand, thus disarming him. At a point where the media is full
Portugal’s first gypsy doctor starts at Lisbon’s Santa Maria Hospital
After all the unpleasantness of CHEGA’s presidential billboards comes a heartwarming story of gypsy success: Israel Paródia, 24, is Portugal’s first gypsy doctor. He started work at Lisbon’s Santa Maria
Socialist leader puts record straight over ‘new ambulances’ announced by prime minister
PS leader José Luís Carneiro has challenged the prime minister over his announcement yesterday about the purchase of 275 new ambulances – “the largest investment of its kind in the