Brussels chooses five Portuguese regions as Regional Innovation Valleys
The European Commission has chosen the Portuguese regions of the North, Centre, Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, Alentejo and Autonomous region of the Azores as Regional Innovation Valleys – a classification
Portugal bids to host Euro 2029 women’s football championships
Portugal’s FPF (football federation) has announced that it is bidding to organise the 2029 European Women’s Football Championships. President Fernando Gomes announced today that the plan “will be another step
AlgarveShopping hosts Openstage for emerging artists
Starting September 6, the Guia Shopping Centre will offer a platform for up-and-coming artists to display their skills. Guia’s AlgarveShopping is the last stop of the Openstage tour in Portugal.
Millions of euros invested in pharmacies’ flu/ Covid-19 winter vaccination campaign
Government aims to see “more people vaccinated by end November” The government will be spending €7.6 million on Covid-19 and flu vaccinations in pharmacies this winter, and wants to have
Around 1,000 receive free cataract operations in Portugal’s rural interior
Operations made possible through protocol established in 2018 Around 1,000 patients in the country’s interior have benefited from free cataract operations under protocols established in 2018 between the Álvaro Carvalho
Portugal’s government to help Colombia issue passports
Portugal chosen for project “because it offered best guarantees” Colombian foreign minister Luis Gilberto Murillo has announced that Portugal’s government will help his country issue passports and build a factory
Ministry’s ‘spider man’ thief identified
Authorities focus on recovering ‘confidential information’ on one of stolen computers In record time, investigators have ‘got their man’ over the embarrassing theft of computers from a government building. He
Loulé and ANP|WWF join forces to create fire-resilient villages
Project will focus on five villages in Loulé The municipal council of Loulé has teamed up with environmental organisation ANP|WWF to launch a project aimed at making five villages in
Six activists given suspended jail sentences for invading aerodrome
Courts continue to react to climate protests with ‘heavy hand’ Six members of the Climáximo movement who invaded Tires aerodrome in Cascais, in December last year have been sentenced to
Albufeira warns locals of wildfire and open well hazards
Awareness campaign carried out in July and August in Albufeira In an effort to make the borough safer and “more resilient,” Albufeira’s municipal council carried out an extensive awareness campaign