Acting PM describes largest earthquake for decades as “real test of our capacities of response”
Paulo Rangel said earthquake showed Portugal’s means were “up to the mark” In the absence on holiday of Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro, acting prime minister (foreign affairs minister) Paulo
Prevenção4all – new app to start alerting Portuguese to vaccines and screenings to do
App will “aggregate reliable information” Next year, the Portuguese population will have an app that will gather information on key areas of disease prevention, alerting them to vaccinations to be
5.3 earthquake rocks Portugal; government calls for calm
“Biggest earthquake felt in Lisbon since 1969,” geophysicist says An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale was felt in Portugal this Monday morning (August 26), followed by three aftershocks.
Portuguese government courts Qatari investment
Minister leaves on “economic diplomacy tour” to promote Portuguese companies Minister of the Economy Pedro Reis will visit Qatar this week to “strengthen bilateral relations, particularly economic ones” and “attract
Environment Minister downplays significance of record-breaking beach closures
Maria da Graça Carvalho believes the numbers are still very low. However, the minister recognises the need to invest in basic sanitation. This year is “a record year” for beach
Residents of Madeira’s Fajã das Galinhas “cannot go home” following 11-day wildfire
“Most of them don’t want to anyway” – mayor The devastating consequences of Madeira’s 11-day long wildfire (still not completely extinguished) are rapidly coming clear: Fajã das Galinhas, for example,
Revived ‘carbon tax’ eliminates “strong fall in price of fuel”
… while black market fuel, “possibly from Russia” poised to enter Portugal Two media stories this weekend point to a complicated picture when it comes to fuel: The ‘carbon tax’
Azores agriculture hit by drought; producers lose up to 70% of crops
Islanders warned about risk of wildfires – up till now uncommon in Azores The Terra Verde Association, in the Azores, is calculating the impact of the drought on agricultural production,
Madeira’s wildfire finally under control
Firefighters in ‘dampening down’ phase; expect ‘small reignitions’ The fire that raged on several fronts in Madeira for 11 days is finally under control and in the dampening down phase,
Recycling plant under investigation for “environmental crime” in Azambuja
Neighbouring businesses denounce “environmental disaster” The Portuguese subsidiary of an American recycling company – whose lead-acid battery plants were linked to ambient heavy metal levels that “posed a health risk