Portugal is one of the countries in Europe most threatened by wildfires, and as the climate changes, the government has decided that it wants to be prepared. Part of that motivation comes in the wake of the summer of 2017, one of the worst fire seasons in the country's living memory. A record area of over 500 thousand hectares burned; hundreds of homes were lost; and over a hundred people died.
Portuguese and Spanish church leaders have criticized proposals to legalize euthanasia in their traditionally Catholic countries, and urged broad discussions of such proposals before they are considered by legislators. “It’s painful this law began its process when we were celebrating the World Day of the Sick,” Auxiliary Bishop Luis Arguello of Valladolid, secretary general of the Spanish bishops’ conference, told a forum Feb. 11.
President Marcelo and the Prime Minister Antonio Costa have added their voices to a national outcry today over racist abuse aimed at black FC Porto player Moussa Marega, who walked off the field after hearing monkey chants from the crowd.
Rui Pinto, a 31-year-old Portuguese national, is set to stand trial on 93 charges related to hacking, computer sabotage, illegitimate access, violation of correspondence, and attempted extortion. Prosecutors accuse him of accessing emails and leaking private details that led to financial fair play investigation into Manchester City FC’s finances.
Spanish company Acciona has won the public tender for the operation and maintenance of sanitation subsystems in the eastern Algarve (between Vilamoura and Vila Real de Santo António) over the next seven years. The contract cost the company around 42 million euros.
An Algarve mother received "heartfelt condolences" and was invited by the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve to pray for her son last week, after he supposedly died on the paediatric ward. However, Sandra Portela was left very confused, since her two-year-old boy is alive and well.
The lush, green hills where Paulo Pires has for years taken his sheep to graze above the picturesque northern village he inhabits may soon be transformed by the uncaring drive forward to feed the need to power electric vehicles. The signs of change already seen in the hills around him already give him sleepless nights, he claims.
José Carlos Rolo, Mayor of Albufeira, has presented his plans for the municipality leading up to 2023, explaining how through his leadership in the municipal executive the council will sow seeds for the future of Albufeira. Education, Housing and Social Action are the main priorities for the municipality.
