Voters in Castro Marim will have a choice of three candidates in the snap local election after the Alliance Party decided not to put forward a candidate.
The District Committee of the Alliance Party in the Algarve, led by Telmo Martins, announced in a press release that it will not run in the midterm elections in Castro Marim, called by the current mayor who resigned in disgust that none of his plans were able to be voted through due to the balance of power.
The People Animals, Nature party’s Algarve branch has slammed the destruction of hundreds of pine trees at Gambelas, near Faro airport, citing a rare chameleon as a reason to halt the work.
The company responsible for the work justified the legality of the process under the new national fuel management laws.
Portugal’s filling stations again may be starved of fuels as the lorry drivers’ union remains at loggerheads with the national merchandise transport association over demands made for the drivers of dangerous materials – diesel and petrol being the most important.
Union leader say that a strike could start as soon as next week unless two key demands are met - the recognition of a specific professional class for the drivers of dangerous materials and that drivers’ pay is double the national minimum wage.
A suspected murderer was arrested a few hours after the fatal shooting of a bar owner at Amado beach, Aljezur.
A team of investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department of the PJ, with the support of the Aljezur and Portimão GNR tracked down and arrested the man.
A man was killed by a shotgun shot on Sunday morning just after 11:00 am in a bar at Amado Beach in Aljezur.
Correio da Manhã reported that the assailant is on the run.
As Canadian cannabis companies increasingly look to expand in European markets, the Canadian company, Tilray, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the launch of a campus in Portugal.
Located in Cantanhede, Coimbra, the facility just completed a successful indoor harvest that was celebrated with a tour featuring local government officials and Canadian healthcare professionals.
Portugal’s President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has called for "strong leadership and political ambition" at a global level to implement the Paris Agreement, speaking at a climate change conference in Beijing.
The head of state attended the second meeting of China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ (New Silk Road) project and was on the environment and sustainable development panel.
China will launch the Portuguese satellite ‘Infante’ some time in 2021 as part of its participation in the STARlab technology lab – the Portuguese-Chinese space and technology partnership.
The president of Tekever, a Portuguese aerospace company, Ricardo Mendes, said that China's involvement in the Infante satellite is in the actual launch and in the development of certain sensors.
