President of European parliament visits Portugal
Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, will be in Portugal next week to take part in the Council of State convened by President Marcelo. She will also be taking
Portugal to help run largest field hospital in world
RescEU EMT “should be operational by mid-2024” The largest pan-European field hospital, which includes seven EU countries and Turkey, was presented in Cascais, Lisbon, today – and may (need to)
Brussels too focussed on environmental sustainability – Galp CEO
“Risks killing industrial capacity” The CEO of Portugal’s main energy company GALP, has said today that “the fortress that Europe is building in terms of environmental sustainability seems to work
Brussels provides €2 million for firefighting aircraft
The European Commission has agreed to provide €2 million to Portugal for the lease two extra firefighting aircraft this summer season, Ministry for Interior Administration José Luís Carneiro, said in
Brussels expects EU agreement on AI this year
Admits, even so, “this won’t keep up with speed of the technology” The European Commission expects agreement in the European Union (EU) this year on the first Artificial Intelligence (AI)
EU commissioner favours 4-day working week to respond to labour shortage
At a time when Portugal is moving forward with a pilot project on the possibility of a 4-day working week, the European Employment Commissioner has said he is all for
Government to request another €3.3 billion in EU loans
EU commission calls for Portugal to “move full speed ahead” in recovery and resilience plan Portugal has requested €3.3 billion in additional loans under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP),
Elite Bilderberg meeting in Lisbon
The chief organisers of the latest Bilderberg meeting will be circulating a report on it. Frustratingly, no one other than those affiliated with the group will see the report or
EU election dates “highly inconvenient for Portugal”
Government sets out to ‘change rules’… Portugal’s government has lost the first round in its determined battle to change the dates of the European elections. Now, it is setting out
Brussels downplays Portugal’s delay in revising Recovery and Resilience plan
“We have technical delays in many countries” – Paolo Gentiloni The European Commission has not yet received Portugal’s revised Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) for reprogramming funds and projects but