Authorities have been searching this afternoon for a 37-year-old man who got into difficulties while swimming in the Guadiana river, near Mértola. According to reports, the man, a Brazilian, ‘called

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President António José Seguro, has said today that Portugal is now a modern country “that wants its people back”. The president was speaking at an event with the Portuguese community

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Thousands came together in Lisbon yesterday to take part in the 27th LGBTQIA+ Pride March (bringing together lesbians, gays, bissexuals, transexuals, intersexuals and ‘other identities’). Under the banner “no silence,

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At an exceptionally delicate point (both collectively and specifically for Portugal) in the military relationship with the United States, defence minister Nuno Melo has attempted to dial back on all

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Nine civic movements and associations across the country have created a national platform against the proliferation of solar and wind mega-projects, and in defence of a ‘just and sustainable energy

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As the ‘battle of the sunshades’ lurched like a drunkard on the sands, Portugal’s minister for environment and energy has appeared to clarify all doubts. She did so by effortlessly

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Minister of internal administration, Luis Neves, has announced an increase of 340 PSP agents for airport border controls, starting from July 4. The news follows the recent ‘boost’ given by

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Prime minister Luís Montenegro has ‘guaranteed’ today that he will ‘clarify parties’ doubts’ on the single social benefit (PSU) which the government appears to be trying to bring in at

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President Seguro has called out the spiralling costs of old people’s homes in a country where old people already vastly outnumber the young. Just in the last 12 months, monthly

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This year’s ‘wildfire season’ officially opened on June 1, with 13,335 firefighters; almost 80 aircraft and almost 3,000 appliances at the ready. These will be beefed even further in July

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Just as people thought it was ‘safe to go back into the fully-functioning world’ (afer the double whammy of a general strike, followed by a national holiday), STRN – the

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A 16-year-old girl has been brutally murdered after ostensibly telling her boyfriend that she wanted to put an end to their relationship.  The horror that unfolded this week in an

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UPGALL (the union of Livestock Farmers Affected by Wolves) is at the end of its tether over the government’s approach to ‘conservation of the Iberian Wolf’. Spokesperson Orlando Gonçalves tells

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Originally presented as being ready by the end of 2023, Lisbon’s long-awaited expansion of the underground (Metro) network, should now be coming on track during the first quarter of 2027.

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Portugal has one of the lowest per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe and generates a ‘high amount’ of renewable energy – but this performance is undermined by its

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Minister of the presidency, António Leitão Amaro, has stressed Portugal wants to be a voice of reason at the Ibero-American Forum on Migration and Development, opening tomorrow in Huelva, Spain,

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A little like the time, over 10 years ago, when PS Socialist leader António Costa asked 12 economists to come up with a blueprint for a new Socialist government, current

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Fuel prices at the pumps are showing signs of rising, yet again, from Monday. According to SIC Notícias, the worst hit will be diesel, expected to increase by as much

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A new satellite map, designed to predict wildfires and integrated into a technology tool for rural property management, allows users to identify the areas most at risk of fire this

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On a day when the European Commission has given with one hand, it has taken with another – by launching proceedings against Portugal for failing to guarantee legal aid to suspects

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