Carbon tax raised to €74.429/t CO2 as impact of high crude price eases
The carbon tax in effect in Portugal has been updated again, according to a statute that came into force today, increasing it to €74.429 per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2)
Industrial turnover in July up 2.5% on month, down 3.5% on year – INE
Industrial turnover in Portugal in July was up 2.5% on the previous month but was down 3.5% on July of 2023, contrasting with the 1.6% year-on-year increase recorded in June
National irrigation federation pushes for ‘large dam on Tejo river’
President of Portugal’s national irrigation federation (FENAREG), José Núncio, said today has argued that a “large dam” on Tejo river could be one of the answers to water scarcity issues.
Prisons “need 1,500 more guards to stop further jail breaks”
Union leader highlights further discrepancies in ‘official narrative’ on mass jailbreak The president of Portugal’s National Prison Guard Union (SNCGP) has warned that the country’s prisons need around 1,500 more
Saga of Portuguese-flagged vessel ‘carrying munitions bound for Israel’ continues
Left Bloc seeks to “prevent Portugal being accused internationally of genocide” The saga of the Portuguese flagged vessel carrying explosives bound for Israel is still grinding on, with the country’s
Millennium BCP bid for ‘no planning permission compensation’ drops by around €92 million
Bank currently asking Silves municipality for “more than €8 million” After all the tough words, and dizzying numbers, the ‘bid for compensation’ over a planning rebuff for one of the
Navy monitors ‘state-of-art’ Russian submarine navigating Portugal’s exclusive economic zone
Submarine was accompanied by tugboat Evgeny Churov As focus on the mainland has been on five ‘very violent’ escaped prisoners, haring off from Lisbon in a black Mercedes, the Navy
Liberal Initiative requests urgent hearing of Justice Minister (and predecessors) over Saturday’s mass jailbreak
Justice minister’s ‘silence’ already a point of controversy Portugal’s minority Liberal Initiative party has been the first to request an urgent hearing of the Minister of Justice and her two
Pitaya: the new golden fruit for Algarve farmers
In Portugal’s sunny Algarve region, a tropical fruit is emerging as an increasingly attractive product to grow for local farmers. A European Union-backed project to study how well pitaya (or
Portuguese want an ‘anti-Marcelo’ for country’s next president
Analyst believes former vaccine czar, Gouveia e Melo, “will be unbeatable” if he stands for president With President Marcelo’s final year of what will be his 10-year mandate looming, analysts