The associations Almargem - Association for the Defense of the Cultural, Environmental Heritage of the Algarve and Cidade da Participação - Associação Cívica have launched a fundraising campaign through the GoFundMe platform to stop the urbanization of the wetlands of Alagoas Brancas, in Lagoa, facing the local authority in court.

A teenage girl was hit by traffic lights at a pedestrian crossing in Albufeira last night. A bystander filmed the incident (below), showing a group of youths, one man in particular, pushing the traffic lights over.

The Municipal Fire Department of Loulé, in the district of Faro, forecasted “a very long night” of aftermath work last night, after a fire broke out in an area of ​​difficult access yesterday afternoon, in the parish of São Clemente.

Pedro Pichardo's gold and a silver to Patrícia Mamona, both in triple jump, and the bronzes of Jorge Fonseca in judo and canoeist Fernando Pimenta give Portugal the best result ever in the Olympic Games, this year at Tokyo 2020.

More than three million people, equivalent to about 30% of the Portuguese population, already have the European digital certificate, but the first people vaccinated in the country, at the end of December 2020/ January 2021, mostly health professionals, were the first to realise that the Digital Vaccination Certificate expires.

The self-scheduling portal for Covid-19 vaccinations is now open for people aged 16 and over, just one week after the appointments system was opened for those aged 18 and over. The portal allows you to select the place and date you want to be vaccinated, then you will receive an SMS message confirming the appointment date, time and vaccination centre.

The financing contract  for construction works of the Pisão dam, in the municipality of Crato, Portalegre, has been signed with a proposed start for the project in 2023, to enter into “full functioning” in 2026.