PSD MEP Maria da Graça Carvalho, during a speech at a Strasbourg plenary session, has called for the European Union to draw up a contingency plan to deal with the effects of extreme droughts affecting various areas of Portugal, namely the Alentejo and the Algarve, with measures to provide immediate and long-term answers to this problem.
The GNR issues 77 fines for illegal caravanning, throughout today, November 26th, on the beaches of Amado, Barranco, Ingrina and the Ponto da Fisga site in Vila do Bispo.
The Councils of Loulé, Silves and Albufeira, as well as the University of the Algarve’s Marine and Environmental Research Centre (CIMA), will sign a collaborative protocol with the aim creating a UNESCO World Geopark. The ceremony will take place next Monday, December 2nd, at 4:30 pm, at Loulé City Hall.
The Socialist government has promised more Family Health Units (USF), with the hope that it will bring doctors and patients closer together. In this model of primary care management, everyone will have a family doctor.
The PAN party (People–Animals–Nature) and Faro City Council have made an agreement on certain commitments for 2020. The agreement includes social, environmental, and animal welfare measures, among others.
Sérgio Monteiro, former secretary of state for transport, is set to be called to the stand as a witness next week as part of the judicial review of Operation Marquês, a case in which former prime-minister, José Sócrates, is among the officials accused.
Tavira Council has responded to criticism that has been made in recent days by the "Tavira Sempre" civilian social media movement, which wants to halt the construction of a new bridge over the Gilão River, due to it “bringing more cars to the historic city centre, in a project that never included any public consultation involving the population and which has been harshly criticized for the evident lack of sensitivity.”
Cristóvão Norte has revealed that he stands with the nation’s police officers, who voiced their anger at bad pay and conditions yesterday by protesting on a large scale in Lisbon. "This discontent cannot be ignored" he said.
