Alentejo company to expand production of eco-bricks for building industry
Will make enough bricks for 60-70 houses per month A factory to make eco-bricks (out of hemp) for the construction industry will start operating “by the end of the year”
Beja airport back in frame as solution for ‘desperate need’ for new terminal
Montijo option falls foul of black tailed godwits Beja airport suddenly appears to be ‘back in the frame’ of strong possibilities for the new airport so ‘desperately needed’ to service
Discovery in Alentejo could re-write history
New research reveals steel tools were “already in use in Europe around 2,900 years ago” A discovery at the Rocha do Vigio archaeological site in the Alentejo indicates that steel
Body of young man discovered in Odemira river
Police are investigating the discovery of the body of a young Portuguese man, aged 20, in the Mira river, within the borough of Odemira. According to reports, the body was
Drug flights ‘change route’ dropping hashish in Alentejo
… but Air Force gets there first Drug flights from Morocco have changed flight trajectories to reach southern Europe, flying into Portugal over Sagres, and up the Costa Vicentina. The
Elephants ‘return’ to Alentejo
After many thousands of years in which they ‘roamed wild’ a retirement sanctuary is planned A retirement sanctuary for circus elephants and others “at the end of their lives” is
Agricultural bosses complain sector tarnished by recent immigrant slavery arrests
Various associations representing agricultural bosses have complained that the reputation of their sector has been tarnished by reports on the arrests of immigrant slavery gang members. They stress “no employers
Preventive custody for 31 of 35 people arrested for ‘immigrant slavery in Alentejo’
Judge Carlos Alexandre decided on Saturday that 31 of the people arrested in raids on Cuba, in the Alentejo, last week will need to remain in preventive custody. Eight of
Heatwave coming: temperatures set to hit 40ºC by Thursday
Heat likely to be most intense in Alentejo, Algarve and Tejo valley Temperatures will rise from Wednesday in mainland Portugal, and may reach 40ºC on Thursday in some regions –
Alentejo cereal production halved by this year’s drought
Driest May in 92 years also raises fears for livestock Just as Europe’s ‘bread basket’ Ukraine is being devastated by war, Portugal’s bread basket, the Alentejo, has been devastated by