AIMA “on way to resolving migrations backlog”
Former high commissioner for migration and head of AIMA, the Portuguese Agency for the Integration of Migrants and Asylum, Sónia Pereira said today that the agency is “on the way”
Whooping cough sees almost 10-fold increase year-on-year
Portugal recorded 200 cases of whooping cough in the first four months of this year, compared to 22 in the whole of the previous year, the general health directorate (DGS)
Olhão uses ‘bazooka’ funding to renovate public housing
€1.3 million in EU funding being used to renovate public housing in Olhão Olhão Municipal Council is renovating two public housing neighbourhoods – Horta da Cavalinha and Horta Dr. Pádua
Portimão recreates “A Day in Prehistory”
Aimed at young families, the reenactment event is taking place at Alcalar’s Megalithic Monuments on May 11. As part of the programme to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the Portimão
One in eight citizens continue to work after retirement
Almost half “out of financial need” Around one in eight pensioners continued to work after receiving their first pension, according to data from INE (Statistics Portugal), released today. “The majority
Minister accuses dismissed lottery foundation boss of ‘total inaction’
Accusatory ping-pong persists at Santa Casa da Misericórdia Since respected public servant Ana Jorge was summarily dismissed as chairman of Lisbon’s Santa Casa da Misericórdia (SCML) for “seriously negligent behaviour”,
CTT Post Office fined €400,000 for violating obligations
CTT having challenging week: State ‘freed’ from paying €23 million indemnity CTT Post Office – the privatised postal service that has become synonymous with frustration – is having a difficult
Swallows becoming increasingly rare in Portugal
Numbers of cuckoo, sandpiper and turtle-dove also declining SPEA, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds has warned that the number of swallows in Portugal has fallen by 40%
Opposition grows against Pomarão water collection project
PAS believes that the negative impact of the project is “not justifiable” Portugal’s Sustainable Water Platform (PAS) has expressed its opposition to supply the Algarve with water collected from the
Parliament in critical housing policy votes
Parliament is due to vote today on the new government’s proposals to scrap the majority of housing policies brought in under PS Socialists’ controversial ‘Mais Habitação’ regime. The arguments underpinning