Food Banks Against Hunger hold new collection drive
There will be another food collection campaign promoted by the Food Banks Against Hunger this weekend, involving more than 2,000 hypermarkets and supermarkets and 40,000 volunteers. To ‘take part’, all
End of Setubal lithium refinery plans “worrying, sad”, says minister
Portugal’s minister for the environment and energy has called the withdrawal from the lithium refinery in Setúbal “worrying and sad”, particularly because it shows a weakened Europe. Maria de Graça
Brussels wants Portugal to increase its fuel tax in 2025 State Budget
Finance minister says he has “no intention” of complying The European Commission wants Portugal’s government to backtrack on the Petroleum and Energy Products Tax benefit, after finding that the State
Johann Le Guillerm brings thought-provoking performances to Portimão
The French artist will perform four different shows between November 29 and December 15 as part of the final celebrations of the city’s centenary celebrations. As the City of Portimão’s
PJ hone in on arsonists who torched bus with driver inside
42-year-old driver sustained catastrophic injuries Portugal’s PJ criminal investigation police have honed in on the group of hooded men who threw molotov cocktails into a bus, one them purposely into
AI judgments? “Judges enjoy independence and autonomy in exercise of their functions”
Superior Council of Magistrates backs judges’ ‘cheating’ with Artificial Intelligence The controversy over an appeal court ruling that appears to have been helped along, albeit somewhat bizarrely, by ChatGPT, or
Body of 93-year-old exhumed to see if death resulted from delay in INEM response
Autopsy took place on Monday The body of a 93-year-old woman who died earlier this month in Tondela after waiting over an hour for ‘emergency response’ from INEM (the country’s
Algarve contribution to GDP rises from 4% to 5%
EU funding fuelled increase in Algarve’s contribution to GDP The Algarve’s contribution to Portugal’s GDP increased from 4% to 5% between 2014 and 2020, a development attributed to European funding
GALP abandons Setúbal lithium refinery project after partner drops out
Refinery was to have “taken advantage” of Portugal’s lithium reserves Energy giant GALP has decided to abandon the Aurora project for a lithium refinery in Setúbal after its original partner
Portugal leads EU vaccination against HPV virus
According to an OECD study, in 2023, Portugal was the European Union country with the highest vaccination coverage against the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the second for vaccination against measles