Lundin Mining workers announce strike
Workers at Somincor, the company running Lundin Mining’s Neves-Corvo mine in the district of Castro Verde (Beja), will hold a general strike on March 26 and 27 to demand wage
Climate activists attack second golf course in Lisbon
A group of six Portuguese from the Climáximo movement invaded the green of Oeiras golf course today, ostensibly to plant an urban vegetable patch. They arrived equipped with hoes and
Renewables supply 86% of demand this year
Renewable energy supplied 86% of national consumption between 1 January and 12 March, reaching new highs on Monday and Tuesday, according to data from REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, released
PCP Communists reject centre-right government programme
Paulo Raimundo, secretary-general of Portugal’s Communist Party (which was reduced to 4 MPs in Sunday’s elections) has announced that his party will be presenting a motion to reject AD’s government
Portugal’s mineral and water resources – lessons to be learned from the Salton Sea
Valuable lessons and warnings can be obtained by a study of the Hell’s Kitchen Integrated Lithium and Power Project for which the green light has just been given to the
Winning tactics: how Luís Montenegro plans to lead Portugal’s new government
Start big, with populist measures almost impossible to disagree with With Portugal’s left-wing parties already trying to construct an alternative to the AD centre right alliance voted into power last
Left wingers lead call to “construct alternative” to election result
Post-election ‘strategising’ led by Bloco de Esquerda With Portugal’s left in uproar over the election results last Sunday, the strategising has begun – very much as happened in Spain last
Portugal voted for “change” and faces new political imbroglio
AD centre-right alliance in unconvincing win, overshadowed by rise of populist CHEGA For once, the pre-election polls were all spot on: Portugal voted for change – after eight years of
Climate protestors unfurl banner on roof of Bank of Portugal
Bank “makes no comment”; PSP police unaware Students from the Grève Climática Estudantil (Student Climate Strike) movement climbed onto the roof of the Bank of Portugal in Lisbon early this
Searches underway for top half of body dumped in rubbish bin
Lower half of body discovered by bin collection workers in Lisbon The search is on today for the ‘missing’ top half of a body, discovered dumped in a rubbish bin