United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Saturday that the world is losing the battle against ocean pollution, "on all fronts."
António Guterres was at the G7 summit in Canada, speaking at a session entitled, "Oceans, seas, coasts and healthy, productive and resilient communities."
Environmental protestors from Portugal and Spain joined forces at a demonstration in Salamanca, demanding that the newly formed Spanish Government shuts down nuclear power plants and scraps the licence for the uranium mine in Retortillo near the border.
The demonstration was organised by the Iberian Antinuclear Movement and attracted over 2,000 people.
An 88-year-old man was injured when his car was hit by a train at a level crossing in Portimão.
The accident happened early on Saturday afternoon with an alert received by emergency services at 13.37.
The Netherlands based telecoms operator, Altice, has criticized Portugal’s telecommunications regulatory body’s decision that the company may not charge customers for sending invoices through the post.
Regulator, Anacom, has stated that paper invoices must be issued free of charge and has issued instructions on the level of detail and information that needs to be included on all invoices.
Portugal is being promoted as a stop-off destination for US travellers on the way to Spain, France and Italy, in a publicity campaign running in parts of the US.
Marketing expert, Ana Paula Cruz, commented, “...the Americans also have some ignorance regarding the European market,” and may confuse Portugal with Spain or not really know where the country is.
Retail and property group, Sonae is creating a European cybersecurity group.
Sonae, best known for its Continente supermarket chain, has merged two Spanish cybersecurity companies in a move to focus on the cyber security market.
Anti-oil and gas exploration association, PALP, has made a formal complaint to the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention.
This body verifies the conformity of EU State procedures with various international Directives and Conventions that all member states must follow.
The Algarve region has 11 ‘Zero Pollution' beaches, a categorisation awarded by environmental association, ZERO, which has analysed water samples from Portugal's tourist beaches in each of the last three years.
Tavira has three such beaches, as does Aljezur which faces exploratory oil and gas drilling late this summer.
