The Algarve will have to wait longer than anticipated for the arrival of electrification on the regional railways between Tunis and Lagos, and between Faro and Vila Real de Santo António, reports the Jornal de Notícias, in its printed edition.
At 05:20 this morning, easyJet flight EJU5841 from Berlin Tegel to Vienna took to the skies and made history. Starting today, Easyjet will offset the carbon emissions from the fuel used for every single easyJet flight, domestic and international. They are the world’s first major airline to offset carbon emissions from the fuel used for all flights.
The first unit belonging to the new Peniche wave energy park has been successfully set up on the seabed off the coast of Peniche, announced Finnish company AW Energy.
The president of the International Motorcycle Federation has stated that the MotoGP World Championship could return to Portugal as soon as 2022.
Portugal’s Champalimaud Foundation, set up by the late António Champalimaud, formerly the country’s wealthiest man, announced earlier today that the world’s largest annual prize, worth 1 million euros, for research and clinical practices aiming to control or eradicate cancer.
The Tavira Sempre movement has criticized the planned construction advances regarding the bridge over the River Gilão in Tavira, which will be the fifth one along the river in a space of 1.5km. Many members of the public consider the bridge to be a useless addition to the city, claiming that it will needlessly increase car traffic in the historic town centre, in a place "where there are already three bridges crossing the River Gilão inside Tavira".
The Mayors of Aljezur and Odemira Municipal Councils, José Gonçalves and José Alberto Guerreiro, today published a Joint Position on “the publication and effects” of the Council of Ministers’ Resolution (RCM) No. 179/2019, which establishes a special agricultural rules that are applicable to greenhouses in the southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Natural Park (PNSACV).
The Lisbon Central Criminal Court has sentenced a 53-year-old fisherman from Vila do Conde to prison for 10 years for the crime of trafficking marijuana in the Mediterranean Sea.
