Idea to name park after Pope Francis gains traction
Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas has proposed renaming of Parque Tejo, Parque Papa Francisco Socialists on Lisbon City Council have supported the proposal by social democrat mayor Carlos Moedas to name
Chief guard at Tires women’s prison “removed” due to suspicions of ‘serious offences’
Male guard is being “immediately returned” to Carregueira (male) prison The chief prison guard removed from Tires women’s prison, where a strike has been called today, is suspected of “sufficiently
Durão Barroso, former European Commission president, weighs into defence dithering
Warns of fragmentation in speech at Military Academy in Amadora Former Portuguese political heavyweight, Durão Barroso, has weighed into the defence spending debate today, saying the fundamental problem in Europe
Wildfire land clearance: government extends deadline to May 31
Almost 1,000 “priority parishes” identified for inspections, 14 in Algarve The government has extended the deadline for landowners to clear their land ahead of the summer wildfire season by another
International Space University keen to create centre in Portugal
ISU highlights Portugal’s aerospace potential Portugal could soon host a centre of the International Space University (ISU), the only academic institution dedicated exclusively to education and training in the field
Portuguese consortium develops bacteria/ antibiotic resistance test
Simple test will “almost immediately identify” what patient needs A device to quickly detect bacteria and antibiotic resistance is being developed by a consortium of Portuguese public and private entities.
Thousands sign petition against digital euro, fearing it could undermine “fundamental rights”
ECB president Christine Lagarde “pushing for digital euro to become reality by October” The European Central Bank (ECB) believes that the adoption of the digital euro will lead to the
Government’s water strategy denounced as ‘ecological, social disaster’
ProTejo movement says strategy favours agribusiness, among others Just as others before them have stressed, the government’s water strategy for Portugal is seen as an “environmental and social disaster (…)
Four Portuguese cardinals to help choose next Pope
Nine other Portuguese-speaking cardinals involved in process For the first time since the College of Cardinals was created, Portugal has four cardinal electors in the conclave to choose Francis’ successor.
Portuguese start receiving emails from Meta about using data for AI
Meta says it will use public information from EU to train its AI tools Portuguese users of Meta’s social networks have already started receiving a consent email regarding the use