Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, is expected to be present in Macau for the 20th handover anniversary celebrations in December of this year, but with confirmation still pending on the evolution of the social unrest taking place currently in Hong Kong, it has been reported.
Timorese soldiers, some of which will be trained in Portugal, are from next year onwards to form part of the Portuguese quotas assigned by the United Nations to peacekeeping missions, according to Portugal’s Minister of National Defence, João Gomes Cravinho.
The University Hospital Center of the Algarve will be reinforced with 18 medical specialists, thanks to the 2019 recruitment drive, which opened in May. Some of these clinicians have already started and others are in the process of drafting contracts.
A 20-year-old Czech tourist suffered injuries on Sunday morning following a fall "into a 10 to 12-meter ravine" in the Ponta da Piedade area of Lagos.
The EU has ordered €8.5 million in illegal state aid to be recovered from Ryanair in the latest look in to how large public subsidies are to the aviation industry, one of the fastest growing sources of carbon emissions. The low-fares airline received the handout from the French Government to use Montpellier airport.
This is the first time the species has been detected in the Portuguese capital. A nest in one of the trees was found and eliminated on Thursday night in the gardens of Quinta das Conchas e Lilases, in Lumiar, Lisbon. The space remains closed until the insects are certain to have been completely eliminated.
Portugal’s average car age has reached the highest it has ever been.
Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has taken action by signing a decree banning the use of fire to clear land in the Amazon rainforest for the 60 days.
