Albufeira City Council claims to have embargoed works on the locally-contested desalination plant. Mayor Rui Cristina has spoken out against the €108 million project previously, describing it as a “political,

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Television commentators have said the order coming through this evening prohibiting drones over Rossio, in Lisbon, tomorrow – precisely when a new ‘right to housing’ protest has been scheduled –

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A petition created in 2022 has surpassed 10,000 signatures and is expected to be delivered to the Assembly of the Republic next week.  Organisers (with no formal ties to political

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The Ministry of Environment and Energy has clarified today that Portugal has already released all its strategic oil reserves under the commitment made on March 11, with the process “fully

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PJ police have announced the arrests of a foreign couple, sought by the United Kingdom, for the crimes of fraud and money laundering during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pair, a

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Portugal’s minister for internal affairs accepted political responsibility today for the police operations at protest camps in Lisbon and Porto at the weekend, clarifying that the PSP has “full technical,

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Constitutional expert Jorge Miranda has given an interview to Lusa news agency in which he concedes there is an opportunity to improve the rental law – but the government’s current

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The government has authorised the Air Force to acquire a long-range mobile radar system for up to €22.2 million, to strengthen the country’s air defence capabilities. According to a statement

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Firefighters still on the ground at the site of today’s fatal bus crash, near Baleizão, Beja, have revealed that two of the seven people injured have had to undergo “serious

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More than 40 locations across 15 districts will glow purple through the night between Saturday and Sunday to raise public awareness of seismic preparedness, according to Quake, the Lisbon Earthquake

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It appears to have only taken three days of blockades, another flurry of newspaper articles – and the repeated conviction that protests will never let up – for protesters in

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More than a thousand PSP and GNR police officers demonstrated in Lisbon yesterday evening, demanding respect and vowing to resume protests if the government fails to put forward concrete proposals

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So far, so good: political parties emerging from today’s hearings with President Seguro appear, in the main, to be ready to ‘do more’ to find solutions for the housing crisis/

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After Portugal wasted no time in congratulating President Lula da Silva of Brazil over his 4th time win in presidential elections last Sunday, President of the United States, Donald Trump,

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Mayor of Lisbon (CML) Carlos Moedas has reacted to statements made by Fidelidade, Carris’s insurer, in compensation proceedings involving the family of one of the victims of the Glória funicular

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A 45-year-old Portuguese citizen, resident in Spain and an employee of a Spanish railway company, has been reported as among the missing following yesterday’s devastating high speed rail collision near

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The Open Letter that began earlier this week as a result of police baton charges on ‘right to housing’ protesters has been delivered to President Seguro today. The missive, which

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The Portuguese Veterinary Association (OMV) is submitting a petition to parliament today with the aim of bringing down IVA (VAT) on veterinary services for pets – currently priced at top

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The Acampada Lisboa movement (Lisbon Camp) approved, at a public assembly last night, the holding of a new demonstration on Saturday between Marquês de Pombal and Rossio, followed by a

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Maximum temperatures will remain above average for this time of year at least until the weekend, and could reach 29°C in the south, meteorologist Patrícia Gomes tells Lusa. “«”A slight

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