Against a backdrop of increasing world wine production, the only two countries in Europe which registered a decline in 2018, compared to 2017, were Portugal and Greece.
The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) says that there was an overall growth of 19% in European wine production.
Questioning the destination of Portugal’s sewage sludge, environmental group ZERO received the worrying confirmation from the Portuguese Environment Agency that half the country’s output is unaccounted for.
ZERO’s analysis of the date submitted by the Environment Agency led to the conclusion that, in the first half of 2018, about 50% of the sludge produced had not been sent to a legal destination.
Herdade da Comporta, once part of the Espírito Santo family holdings, will be sold to a consortium fronted by the Amorim family.
Gesfimo, the management entity for Herdade da Comporta, signed a promissory contract with the Amorim-Vanguard consortium, the company said in a statement released today.
The head of the tourist board for Porto and the North, Melchior Moreira, one of five suspects in an alleged series of scams involving the public procurement system, is being held in preventive custody.
Of the remaining four defendants, Isabel Castro, operational director of 'Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal,' was suspended from duties and banned from having contact with the other defendants, as was Gabriela Escobar, a lawyer working for the tourist board.
Portugal’s Civil Aviation Authority has reported 43 drone ‘incidents’ between January and September this year, 27 of these were in the summer period.
In 2017, the Authority registered a total of 37 drone incidents resulting in 17 inquiries and nine cases that were passed on to the prosecution service.
Temperatures are easing already but will plunge on Friday night due to the arrival of a mass of polar air from the Arctic.
Forecasts point to a shift from mild temperatures to a gradual drop in temperature, with "wind intensification, especially on the west coast and highlands," blowing northerly to 50 kmph, with bursts of up to 70 kmph.
The Former chief of staff for Defence Minister Azeredo Lopes said his boss knew everything about the Tancos weapons cover-up, knowledge that the former minister denied as he resigned on October 12th.
Martins Pereira said he had informed the minister about a document outlining the covert activities that saw the weapons cache dropped off in a field close to the military arms store at Tancos, Santarém.
The Minister of Agriculture, Luís Capoulas Santos, said that the Council of Ministers has already dedicated much effort into the eucalyptus problem, as he announced a third for Forest Reform.
Santos pointed out that, as far as forestry and rural development is concerned, two very important diplomas were approved, the first concerning the fight against the illegal planting of eucalyptus trees, with a set of rules being approved which hold producers and nurseries liable.
