UPDATE: Portugal asks EU for help to fight wildfires
Article updated at 12.24pm on Monday, September 16 Portugal has asked the European Union for help to fight the wildfires ravaging the Aveiro district and to reinforce its capacities on
Scottish football charity donates £5,000 for disadvantaged youth in Lisbon
With the support of the British Embassy in Lisbon, the Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal has donated £5,000 (nearly €6,000) to the National Street Football Association (Associação Nacional de Futebol de
Health minister calls for “structural change” in SNS
“We need to make a new structural change, creating an evolving SNS,” says minister Portugal’s health minister has called for “structural change” in the country’s trouble-torn National Health Service (SNS).
Houses on fire in Albergaria-a-Velha
District of Aveiro blighted by wildfires Several houses are being consumed by flames in Albergaria-a-Velha, in the district of Aveiro, due to a fire that started on Sunday in the
Portuguese Army reinforces fire prevention patrols in north and centre
36 patrols on ground until Tuesday The Portuguese Army has been called in to reinforce fire prevention patrols while mainland territory is in a Situation of Alert. In a statement,
Algarve hosts Alzheimer Congress to raise awareness and empower caregivers
Castro Marim’s Municipal Library will host the region’s first Congress on Alzheimer’s and Dementia on September 27 and 28. The Algarve’s first Congress on Alzheimer’s and other Dementias will be
Man dies in Algarve motorway service station after waiting over an hour for ambulance
INEM opens inquiry into reasons for delay Portugal’s national emergency institute INEM is opening an inquiry into the death of a 60-year-old man yesterday at a service station on the
Situation of Alert declared across mainland Portugal over wildfire risk
Exceptional measures in place until midnight on Tuesday The government has declared a Situation of Alert for the whole of mainland Portugal from 1pm today until 11.59pm on Tuesday with
Portugal’s SNS public health service is 45 years old today
President marks date calling for innovative solutions to guarantee long-term sustainability Portugal’s ailing SNS national health system – in the news constantly through the summer due to chronic constraints –
Over 50 immigrant associations pile pressure on government
Want “expression of interest” mechanism restored to aid immigrant access to Portugal Immigrant associations are refusing to take the government’s new rules on immigration without a fight. They are focused