The government is to extend the discounted diesel scheme for commercial carriers across the whole country in 2017.
From the second half of this year, qualifying Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) can be filled up with cheaper diesel in four border areas to encourage drivers to use Portuguese filling stations rather than Spanish ones where fuel is significantly cheaper.
The chemical glyphosate was given a green light on Monday when a United Nations report found that it was “unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet”.
Glyphosate is the key ingredient in the Roundup brand weed killer produced by Monsanto.
Portugal’s energy needs were supplied by renewable energy alone for four days last week. This can be compared to a first quarter performance of 70% renewables for the first quarter of 2014 and 63% for the year 2014.
System Sustainable Land Association in collaboration with the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association analysed the data released by the National Energy Network (REN) and concluded that the four consecutive days of 100% renewable energy was a milestone.
The president of the Business Confederation of Portugal (CIP), António Saraiva, has identified the elephant in the room, estimating that nonperforming loans in Portugal’s economy stands at €20 billion.
Saraiva referred to bad loans held by banks and said Portugal is “sitting on a time-bomb.”
In a move to ease many householders' pain before appearing in court to justify the unjustifiable ‘bed tax’ it added to water customers bills, water company Infralobo quietly has reduced its charges.
The water services company, majority owned by Loulé council, previously has ignored a directive from the water regulator that its bedroom tax is at best highly suspect and that it should be suspended prior to the courts deciding for what the company can, and can not, charge.
The coast of Scotland is set to host the world’s largest floating wind farm.
Statoil, the Norwegian energy company developing the farm, were granted a seabed lease on Monday by the Crown Estate.
The head of the Algarve Tourism Board, the former Albufeira mayor Desidério Silva has been appointed as the president of the National Association of Tourism.
Silva was elected by unanimous vote to chair the board of the National Association of Tourism - it is not known who else was on the list of candidates.
Lagos council have taken the opportunity of good weather and an expected record number of tourists, to dig up the city centre.
Streets within the city walls of Lagos are being closed off for work as part of a slow moving plan that started in 2014 aimed at "improving the accessibility conditions in the intramural area."
