Tuesday’s news in brief
Councillor suspected of knife-point robberies A PS councillor elected to the Municipal Assembly of Setúbal has been arrested on suspicion of robbery, with the use of a knife, two days
Renewables supplied only just over 50% of energy in October
Renewable energy supplied just 50.2% of Portugal’s energy consumption in October – the lowest percentage in the last two years, due to “particularly unfavourable” conditions, REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais
European Commission to fund Portuguese project to build lithium battery factory
A Portuguese project to build a lithium battery factory is among 61 selected by the European Commission for funding to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, it was announced today. In
Bangladeshi community leader tells businesses: “Close early; do not try to resist armed assaults”
Following two violent killings in the Greater Lisbon area, Bangladeshi community leader Taslim Rana has sent out an appeal to shop-keeping nationals not to ‘take on’ robbers and raiders. “I
Hospital sets record straight(er) over death of pregnant woman sent home with high blood pressure
Hospital Amadora-Sintra has set the record straighter since the death on Friday of a 36-year-old heavily-pregnant woman from Guinea, who was sent home with high blood pressure, and told to
Government ‘restructures’ PRR: drops measures involving hundreds of millions of euros
The revised PRR (Plan for Recovery & Resilience) sent to Brussels involves cuts of €43 million in the SNS national health service, €235 million in the ‘Digital School programme’ (principally
Semi-conductor shortage starts eating into Portugal’s businesses
Following last week’s announcement that 2,500 workers at Bosch’s Braga factory will be starting a six-month lay-off from Monday, ANIMEE – the association representing the electrical and electronics sector in
Aljezur international school “may not be only one compulsorily closed”
In an extraordinary interview with Rádio Observador, education minister Fernando Alexandre has likened the Aljezur International School – compulsorily closed for ‘not complying with the rules’ just over a week
Government’s “shock policy” to galvanise housing construction “will see nothing built for six months”
Only a month ago, Portugal’ AD government announced a raft of measures to galvanise the housing construction market and (ostensibly) bring ‘moderate priced housing for everyone’. But yesterday in parliament, minister for
Health minister “refuses to resign” over death of pregnant woman sent home with high blood pressure
Minister of Health Ana Paula Martins has once again refused to resign from her post following a tragedy involving obstetric care in Portugal. Challenged over the death in the early