Portuguese Environment Agency APA has issued a conditional favourable opinion on the GreenH2Atlantic hydrogen project in Sines, Setúbal region, stipulating that the water used in production and cooling must be

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The Portuguese footwear industry plans to present itself in Brussels next week as a model to follow in the reindustrialisation of Europe – in a sector where 88% of the

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After years of demographic doldrums, Portugal is finally getting to hear the increasingly louder patter of tiny feet. The country recorded 87,130 births in 2025 –  3,071 more than in

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Portugal could face power outages for several hours a year unless significant improvements are made to the operation of the national electricity system. This is the message from a recent

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A bizarre case of 13-year-old disappearing from Vendas Novas in Portugal- and subsequently being found in India, close to the border with Pakistan – hints at an ‘alternative system’ potentially

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Portugal has requested the intervention of Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, to secure the release of five Portuguese-Venezuelan political prisoners who remain detained in the South American country’s jails. The

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With yet another week-long public sector strike now underway, SIC Notícias has warned that we can expect ‘more’ down the line as the semblance of social peace, enjoyed by the

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Soko, a local discovery app that combines artificial intelligence and human input to identify the best websites, events, and experiences, launches today, with Lisbon as its starting market. The project

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Temperatures are steadily rising this week, with 25 municipalities in the Algarve (Faro district) and districts of Portalegre, Santarém, Castelo Branco, and Bragança at maximum risk for wildfires, according to

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Two men died over the weekend, after swimming in Portuguese rivers. The first, a Brazilian, aged 37, was reported missing yesterday afternoon, from the Guadiana river, near Mértola. His body

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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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