Cascais chosen as European Capital of Democracy
Initiative aims to promote participation in decision-making In one of those titles that almost certainly means very little to people outside the selection process, Cascais has been chosen as the
Mainland expects new depression “Martinho”, with high winds in centre and south
Martinho will bring heavy rain, wind and rough seas Today’s apparent lull in the torrential rain, wind and cold of March will be making way for more bad weather, warns
CHEGA’s blistering report on ‘twins inquiry’ overwhelmingly vetoed
But will final report be drawn up in time, before parliament dissolved? The commission of inquiry into the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins today rejected in its entirety the proposed
Government’s water management strategy “incomplete and contradictory”
Sustainable water platform says strategy “leaves too many questions hanging” PAS, the acronym for the Sustainable Water Platform*, has issued a press release today, dubbing the outgoing government’s “Water that
“Historic moment” as Odeleite and Beliche dams release water following heavy rainfall
These controlled discharges are timed carefully to coincide with low tide As explained by Castro Marim municipality last week, controlled water releases from the dams of Beliche and Odeleite are
Delaying TAP sale could be “harmful to the country”
Portugal’s infrastructure minister says political crisis is stumbling block Portugal’s Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luz, believes “now is the right time” to sell TAP but has admitted that the
Art of Portuguese calçada bids for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status
The Portuguese ‘Calçada’ (cobblestone) association is bidding for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status for the “art and knowledge of how to lay Portuguese calçadas”. The application went in on Monday
New hope for Portimão-Bragança airlink
Still grounded as it has been for weeks and months, there are glimmers of hope today for the return of the Portimão-Bragança air link: the Ministry of Infrastructures has told
Albufeira hosts 14th ‘Great Exhibition of Portuguese Wines’
Event goes ahead in EMA (multipurpose space) between April 11-13 April sees a return of the hugely popular “Grande Mostra de Vinhos de Portugal” (Great Exhibition of Portuguese Wines), that
Olhão ‘supercar event’ sees Porsche career out of control
Hits parked motorbike; sends onlookers ‘flying’ A supercar event in Olhão on Sunday saw one of the Porsche’s taking part ‘loose control’ coming out of a roundabout, and hit a