PAN have released a statement revealing that "tonnes of construction and demolition waste" were recently dumped within a protected area of the Ria Formosa Natural Park, under the pretence of building a ramp for trucks to be able to easily access a small nearby loading dock, used to take supplies to and from the Ria Formosa islands off the coast of Olhão.
Spain, with its high coronavirus death toll and ongoing confinement, regards neighbouring Portugal with a combination of envy and perplexity. Located in the same peninsula, Portugal has had a little over 1,000 deaths for a population of 10.2 million, compared with Spain’s more than 26,000 deaths for a population of 47 million. Portugal, with around five times fewer deaths per million inhabitants (111 versus 569), did not impose a mandatory quarantine, instead framing it as a civic duty that was widely observed. And although bars and restaurants did close, the economy did not grind to a halt.
Portugal will use long-range drones and other surveillance means to reinforce the monitoring of summer wildfires, officials said on Monday, responding to concerns over the government’s readiness to tackle forest blazes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Portugal's tourism officials, there's light at the end of the tunnel for the country's travel sector and hundreds of thousands of employees in the industry.
The measures that restaurants will be forced to comply with upon their reopening from the 18th May in order to minimise the spread of COVID-19 have been announced. After much debate and controversy over the delay in officials releasing the measures, local restaurateurs’ worries have been heard.
A movement of citizens based in the Algarve are this week demanding the immediate suspension of the ongoing process of installing fifth generation telecommunications technology, abbreviated to 5G, in the region.
Graça Freitas, Director-General of Health, said today that it is impossible to impose rules on behaviour on young children upon their return to creches, arguing that it is up to adults to "do everything" to minimize the risk of contagion when they are playing and socializing.
Portugal is to take up to 60 unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps, according to Socialist Party lawmaker Isabel Santos, as concern mounts over the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on the vulnerable group.
