Aid to Ukraine this year to total €220 million, same next year – PM
Portuguese aid to Ukraine will reach more than €220 million this year and will be repeated in 2025, according to the prime minister, who has reiterated Portugal’s commitment to reach
Expert group set up to overhaul national ambulance service – minister
Portugal’s minister of health announced today that a commission of independent experts with experience in emergency medicine has been set up to analyse how the National Institute of Emergency Medicine
Tax breaks for young first-home buyers will cost €25 million this year
Portugal’s government estimates that the exemption from purchase tax and stamp duty on purchases of first homes by young people will cost around €25 million in the first six months
Restoring nature best way to prevent fires on Iberian Peninsula – WWF report
Restoring nature is the best way to prevent fires on the Iberian Peninsula, according to the international environmental organisation World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in a report released today.
Minister opens up about changes to unemployment benefit
Portugal’s minister of labour and social security is advocating for changes in unemployment benefit to “try to prevent it from becoming more attractive for people who receive social benefits, namely
More people trust justice system than government/ parliament
The Portuguese have a higher level of confidence in the courts and the judicial system than in parliament and the government, according to a report by the OECD (Organisation for
Lisbon council asks government not to make land laws more flexible
Lisbon City Council is urging the government “not to make the land law more flexible”, (as is planned) as this could encourage property speculation and increase the risk of corruption.
Three bodies discovered in shipwrecked boat
Bodies located full seven days after tragedy off coast of Marinha Grande The bodies of all three crew members missing after the Virgem Dolorosa ‘turned turtle’ just over a week
Desalination plant in Algarve “should be last resort”, admits minister
But project “goes back a long way…” A chink of light at last for all those fighting against the unrecoverable environmental destruction of reverse osmosis desalination off one of the
Social Security minister describes shock find of €287 million deficit
Deficit stems from measures taken by previous government without budgetary allocation The ongoing wrangle over “how much money was spent by the last administration” ratcheted up yesterday when minister for