The number of teachers below the age of 30 has fallen by 95% in the last 20 years.
According to a report by the General Directorate for Education and Science Statistics, the number of teachers below the age of 30 has fallen by 95% in the last 20 years, meaning it has dropped from 30000 to only 1000 currently working in the country, a majority of which teach at private schools.
Olhão has opened a new geocaching route, forming a piece of virtual geoart. Geocaching is a modern take on the treasure hunt, with over a million participants across the globe.
Just over a year on from the large wildfire which devastated areas of Monchique in 2018, the recently created “Monchique Alerta- Serra livre de incêndios” Association will be holding a public meeting on Saturday, the 3rd of August at 10:30am.
The Portuguese Institute of Administration and Marketing (IPAM) has revealed that Portuguese families are expected to spend around €712 this year on their annual holiday. The Algarve and Europe are the most popular destinations chosen by the Portuguese holiday choices, with 52% craving time at the beach to relax and recharge.
When the minister of environment and energy announced a ceiling tariff of €45/MWh, analysts speculated the price would be too low as it undercut average bidding prices in the region. Preliminary, unconfirmed results of the exercise show, however, companies are happy to bid for two-cent solar in Europe.
The minister’s gamble on a low solar electricity price ceiling appears to have paid off.
The best preserved shipwreck ever found from the age of Christopher Columbus (pictured) and Vasco da Gama has been discovered – at the bottom of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Estonia, writes David Keys Archaeology Correspondent at the Independent. See HERE.
The newly discovered Baltic Mary Celeste is also at the heart of a 500 year old maritime mystery.
Of a list of 1,120 buildings along Portugal’s coastline which have received demolition orders in the last decade, less than half have been removed.
In the last ten years 489 coastal properties have been demolished, most of them on the Algarver’s Ria Formosa isands.
Consumer champion, DECO, has seen pressure put on Caixa Geral produce results. The taxpayer owned bank has decided to resume paying interest on low value deposits.
"Caixa Geral de Depósitos has retreated in its decision to stop paying interest on savings deposits," stated António Ribeiro, financial analyst at DECO.
