Coimbra starts to breathe more easily
This evening, the end of a Friday 13th that had threatened so much in the way of further flooding damages, Coimbra started to breathe more easily. Fears that pressure from
“Don’t abandon Almada!”: Socialist leader appeals to government
Socialist leader José Luís Carneiro is appealing to the government ‘not to abandon Almada’, struggling as it is with the consequences of landslides in the residential area of Porto Brandão,
Faro’s Lethes Theatre set to reopen this month after storm damage
Faro’s historic Lethes Theatre is reopening on February 22 after storm damage forced it to cancel all shows last November. The theatre’s stage was hit hard by Depression Cláudia, forcing
New Loulé council launches hospital, housing and school projects in first 100 days
One hundred days into its current mandate, Loulé’s new municipal administration has hailed its own achievements on several projects relating to health, housing, education, and local services. After months of
News Review: Crisis, calamity & clean-up
On The Resident Podcast this morning, host Carl Munson and journalist Natasha Donn took listeners through the continuing and calamitous challenges to daily life in Portugal – what happens next,
Repair, don’t replace: Algarve event aims to cut waste
Do you have a broken toaster, torn jeans or a wobbly bike? Instead of throwing them away, Algarve residents are being invited to fix them. Repair Café Algarve will return
Government removes teachers from children with cancer
The government has effectively stopped young children with cancer being able to continue with their studies, writes Correio da Manhã today. Two hospitals – Coimbra Pediatric Hospital and Porto’s São
Epstein considered becoming “non-habitual resident of Portugal”
Among so much else in the Epstein files, it transpires that the disgraced sexual predator actually pondered moving to Portugal (albeit he seems to have thought this might have been
Hundreds of puffins washing up on Portuguese beaches
Portugal’s Bird Study Society (SPEA) has recorded over 400 puffins found dead along the Portuguese coast in recent days. The tally comes from monitoring by multiple organisations and volunteers, and
Number of households without electricity increases to 45,000
The number of households without electricity (and, as a usual consequence, water) this morning has risen to 45,000. Only yesterday, at the same time, supply network E-REDES announced it had