Portimão looks to the future as centenary celebrations come to an end
The city’s year-long celebration programme culminates on Portimão’s Dia da Cidade, December 11, with tributes, shows and an exhibition of 100 future projects. On December 11, Portimão will conclude the
Bed-blockers – the perennial health service ‘nightmare’ without answers
At the end of November, more than 700 elderly people were in hospital waiting for a place in a care home. The figures from the SNS executive board were revealed
Food Bank campaign collects more than 2,213 tonnes of food over weekend
The Food Bank’s campaign against hunger collected more than 2,213 tonnes of food last weekend in more than 2,000 shops across the country, the charity said in a statement today.
Councils free to earmark rural land for ‘moderately priced’ homes
Government reinforces urgency to increase housing construction in all municipalities The legislative measure approved last week allowing municipalities in Portugal to allocate more rural land to construction aims to increase
Portugal’s Mota-Engil signs €200 million deal with Brazil’s Petrobras
Portuguese construction giant Mota-Engil has signed a new contract, worth around €200 million, with Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras for the maintenance and repair of its oil and gas extraction
Public debt rises to €269.8 billion in October
Public debt from a Maastricht perspective – the one that counts for Brussels – increased by around €480 million year-on-year in October to €269.776 billion, the Bank of Portugal (BdP)
Porto Editora word of the year competition runs until December 31
“Conflict”, “immigration”, “INEM” and “police” are some of the ten finalist words for the choice of ‘ Word of the Year’, an initiative by Porto Editora to determine the most
Portuguese associations denounce app that can ‘undress people’ in a photograph
Two Portuguese organisations have alerted Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, to the existence of an application that, using Artificial Intelligence, can “undress a person” who is in a photograph.
Hepatitis A outbreak in Algarve: 25 cases reported
First case was detected in August A hepatitis A outbreak has resulted in 25 confirmed cases in the Algarve since August, the regional health authority has announced, with most cases
Police operation to raise awareness of rights of disabled people
Special Significant Blue Programme focuses on ‘importance of reporting emergency situations’ Portugal’s PSP police force has today launched its ‘Iguais na Segurança’ (Equal in Safety) operation – which aims to