Fuel crisis: Portugal wants 13% IVA
Government lobbies Brussels for temporary reduction The government is going to ask the European Commission to allow it to reduce the 23% IVA currently charged on fuel to 13%. It’s
Goodbye daily Covid bulletins
DGS calls time on day-by-day tally of disease on wane Not before time, Portugal’s DGS health authority has decided to do away with the daily bulletins published mid-afternoon charting the
Portugal’s “food sovereignty at stake”
Milk producers warn urgent measures needed Portugal’s milk producers have warned the country’s “food sovereignty and security is at stake”. The embattled sector is calling for urgent measures to update
Portugal richest citizen slapped with economic sanctions
Roman Abramovich target of economic sanctions Serious questions over whether strings were pulled in getting Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich his Portuguese nationality are now almost certainly the last thing on
PM Costa stresses importance of preventing wildfires during current drought
Prime Minister António Costa has faced the ‘elephant in the room’ in terms of what Portugal’s current situation of drought could mean when the ‘fire season’ arrives. In a tweet
Breast cancer diagnosis breakthrough at Porto’s ISEP
Investigators at Porto’s ISEP (institute of superior engineering) have developed a ‘colorimetric device on paper’ which, with a simple drop of a patient’s blood, can detect “within minutes” whether they
Algarve Dad’s Army mobilises to “make a difference”
A veritable Algarve Dad’s Army has mobilised, in a matter of days, to start making its contribution to the horrors inflicted by Russia on the people of Ukraine. Consignments of
Farming rules relaxed as drought persists
According to an order published today, the minimum feed to be used in integrated production* has been temporarily suspended, due to the severe or extreme drought that affects most of
Parish councils spent “more than €40 million” on Covid-19: government yet to stump up as promised
According to Diário de Notícias today, “the government promised to compensate municipalities and parish councils for expenses assumed during the combat of the pandemic”. But so far, while municipalities have
Cost of fertilizers triples in 12 months
Fertilizers, cereals, fuel: the list of price hikes seems to be growing by the day, just as Portugal is in a state of ‘severe’ or ‘elevated’ drought. Where will it