Livestock farming facing double-edged crisis
CAP, the Portuguese agricultural confederation, has sounded the alert over livestock farming. The sector, already in a “critical state” due to the drought, is now facing the effects of
Lithium protests scheduled in five towns and cities
On a day when the Ministry of Environment’s attention to detail has been called into question by the association representing companies in waste management disposal, tabloid Correio da Manhã carries
“Every day Portugal lets European recycling and waste management targets slip a little further”
AEPSA, the association of Portuguese businesses in the environmental sector, is on the warpath. It claims that “every day Portugal diverges a little more from European recycling and waste recovery
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DGS health authority accused of releasing “dubious technical opinion” to try and persuade more parents to submit children to Covid vaccination
Yesterday news sources in Portugal quoted a ‘technical opinion’ released by the DGS health authority suggesting incidents of myocarditis in children infected by SARS-CoV-2 were 60 times higher than in
Deloitte fined €100,000 by Portugal’s securities market commission (CMVM)
Deloitte – one of the largest audit companies operating in Portugal – has been sanctioned with a fine of €100,000 by securities market commission CMVM. The fine, announced by CMVM
Portugal ‘ponders adjusting entry requirements to EU recommendation’
The government (which is ‘caretaking’ until the results of Sunday’s legislative elections) is said to be “pondering the adjustment of rules in force for entry (of airline passengers) into Portugal
Medical experts call for suspension of Portugal’s child vaccinations programme
A group of 27 medical experts – including pediatricians – is urging Portugal’s health service to suspend the country’s child vaccinations programme. In an Open Letter they explain that Infarmed
Jerónimo back in saddle as polls do ‘loop-the-loop’
Wednesday sees the race towards legislative elections on January 30 with only two more ‘campaign days’ to go – and news today is that PCP leader and ‘communist figurehead’ Jerónimo
Back to jail for former Socialist politician? Appeal court confirms two year ‘effective sentence’
In a week where headlines have screamed “the strategy for combating corruption in Portugal has failed because politicians were left out of it”, one former Socialist politician has ‘had the