Specialists come together to discuss future of Alagoas Brancas
Wetland has been described as a “mini Doñana” – Andalusia’s natural reserve After a successful seven-year battle to save the Alagoas Brancas wetland from destruction, the time has come to
Porto art museum gets ‘most important’ donation in history
Porto’s Soares dos Reis National Museum has received a donation from a private art collection, which it says is the “most important” in its history, with pieces and works by
Attorney General laments “lack of resources to support undocumented young people”
Attorney General Lucília Gago has today criticised the closure of residential units in educational centres, lamenting the lack of resources to accompany young people who are ‘uprooted, undocumented, of different
Prosecutors press for jail in EDP ‘corruption’
With the closing arguments today of the long-running EDP case, public prosecutors have called for effective jail sentences for former economy minister Manuel Pinho, and disgraced former banker Ricardo Salgado,
S.T.O.P calls national teachers’ strike for assessment tests starting tomorrow
Cherry on cake of government’s miserable ‘first 30 days’ It is already accepted that Portugal’s AD government has had the worst ‘first 30 days’ of any national constitutional government before
Man who stabbed ex-girlfriend (who later died) in Lagoa handed eight-year jail sentence
Judge took into account that death “was not directly caused by the knife attack” A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend, who died around one week later due to an
Nuno Sepúlveda new president of national golf council
New board aims to “demystify wrong beliefs about the sport” Nuno Sepúlveda, Co-CEO of Details Hospitality Sports & Leisure – which manages several renowned golf courses in Portugal, including Vilamoura,
Alentejo mine invests €11 million to reduce dust pollution
Almina, the company running the concession for the Aljustrel (Beja) mines, announced today that it has invested €11 million in the construction of a new secondary surface crusher, which will
Porto’s racist attacks: mayor calls for abolition of AIMA
AIMA “has done nothing” since substituting former SEF foreigners and borders agency With every political force decrying the ‘racist attacks’ in Porto last Friday, Porto mayor Rui Moreira has gone
“Nation of professional hand-washers” – a new accolade for Portugal
It may not sound like the most inspiring accolade, but Portugal is “among the countries in which health professionals most wash their hands”. The ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention