Police seize 11kg drugs in Porto with street value of €1 million
The 11 kilos of drugs seized yesterday in a police operation to combat drug trafficking in Porto could yield, if they reached consumers, a million euros, said public security police
Wastewater shows Lisbon and Porto with rising cocaine use
Lisbon, Porto and Almada are the cities in Portugal with the highest traces of cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and cannabis detected in their wastewater, according to a study released today carried
Porto architects win competition to design iconic building in Albania
Centre of Klan TV means to become “beacon of new phase of growth” in Albanian capital OODA architects company has won an international competition to design the headquarters of a
30% ‘cost overrun’ on Porto Metro expansion means government has to find extra €84 million
Portugal’s environment ministry has confirmed that the cost of construction work on the Porto Metro’s Pink and Yellow lines has increased by 29% and 30% respectively, about €84 million, according
Dozens of immigrants living rough in Porto
Fully woken up now to the predicament of many immigrants who travel to Portugal in search of work, SIC television news has found “dozens” of young men from Morocco, Tunisia
World Health Organisation to open centre of excellence in Porto
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to set up a centre of excellence for new technologies and entrepreneurship in health in Porto, Portugal’s minister of health announced in today, stressing
Drones to help destroy seagull eggs on Porto rooftops
Metropolitan area gets tough with seagulls; considering fines for anyone feeding them The Metropolitan Area of Porto (AMP) is getting tough on the scourge of seagulls to the point that
Truck stuck as road collapses in central Porto
A truck became immobilised earlier today as a sinkhole opened up in central Porto, right in a location that suffered from freak flooding earlier this month which has since been
Porto’s devastating floods: 2020 report highlighted flooding risk posed by Metro works
… but suggested flooding would be “small in magnitude and negligible” After all the talk of “climate change” and extreme weather phenomenon being behind apocalyptic scenes of flooding in downtown
Chaos in downtown Porto following 20 minutes of intense rain
Municipality admits work on Metro “could have contributed” to flooding Absolute chaos was unleashed yesterday in downtown Porto following little more than 20 minutes of intense rain. Meteorologists estimate that