European Council chief argues more grid interconnections needed to avoid future blackouts
António Costa encourages investments in network security In what instantly sounded odd – given that Portugal’s energy blackout last week is believed to have been caused by power oscillations on
Portugal paying four times more for electricity since uncoupling from Spanish grid
Country expects to hook back up with Spanish grid “in next few days” The downside of pulling Portugal’s link to the Spanish grid (for security reasons) has been explained today:
Analysis of Iberian Blackout throws up ‘third anomaly’
Three specific incidents linked to last Monday’s mass power outage Spain is continuing to insist that it cannot be sure what caused the power outage last week that left Portugal,
Power almost fully restored throughout country by midnight; water supply still patchy
Lights start turning on, slowly, from 5pm Power is now almost fully restored throughout the country after the mass blackout – described by prime minister Luís Montenegro as “serious, unprecedented
EASYtoll machines “still operating” at entry to A22 on Guadiana bridge
Hundreds of Spanish drivers seen queuing at machines over Easter, in spite of A22 no longer being tolled Infraestruturas de Portugal – the company that manages Portugal’s road network –
Two Portuguese dead in climbing accident in Spanish mountains
The Portuguese government has confirmed the deaths of two Portuguese climbers who lost their lives earlier this week in the Picos de Europa mountains in northern Spain. The victims, aged
Principal suspect in ex-pat murder arrested in AirBnB in Braga
Jonny Smyth suspected of killing fellow countryman John George in Spain last year A high-profile ‘murder mystery’ was brought much closer to closure yesterday when PJ police detained a 26-year-old
“The Iberian Miracle”: Saving Europe from recession
Never before has Iberia been “so important” These strange and unusual times have worked a form of wacky magic on southern Europe – an area so maligned in the past
CHEGA leader talks of need to “reconquer Christian Europe” at Patriots summit in Madrid
Patriots aim to become ‘new normal’ in Brussels At the end of a terrible week for right-wing party CHEGA, leader André Ventura has been speaking at the ‘Patriots of Europe’
Iberian miracle amazes Europe: Spain and Portugal become engine of eurozone economy
But economists warn it’s not enough, on its own, to avoid recession Spanish newspaper El Economista has described the “Iberian miracle” which has saved Europe from recession… so far. With