A unique historical railway wagon, over 130-years-old, was destined for the scrap heap by Portugal’s national rail company, Comboios de Portugal, so ‘Wagon J’ has ended up in Spain to be admired by museum visitors.
The Centre for Historical Studies of the Spanish Railway has helped in the rescue of the vehicle that was built in Belgium in 1885 by Usines de Morlanwelz.
Temperatures will begin to drop early next week with an easing of the record-breaking heat from Tuesday onwards.
The maximum and minimum temperatures will start their decline on Monday after Saturday’s average high of 32.4°C beating an 18-year record.
Sunday morning: air support was back in action to dump water on the fire in the hills, north of Monchique.
District Command is carrying out "the reconnaissance of the terrain, in the light of day, to see the area as a whole," according to its Commander Vaz Pinto.
A full briefing on Saturday morning outlined the current situation in Monchique where Friday’s fire continues on two fronts.
The fire that started in the Perna da Negra area of Monchique, is expected to get worse this afternoon as the wind picks and the temperature rises still further to a predicted 46°C.
A fire has been raging across the tinder-dry Monchique area this Friday afternoon with one house already destroyed as 230 fire service staff tackle the ‘complex’ blaze on the hottest day of the year, so far.
Strong afternoon winds have made the task close to impossible as the mountainside bush and eucalyptus catches alight.
In Portugal, the total tax burden - including social security charges – is 44.47%, meaning that June 12th is the day on which workers stop supporting the State and start keeping their earnings.
Portugal has the 15th highest tax burden of the EU’s 28 member countries, according to the The Molinari Economic Institute which has published its study that compares the tax and social security burdens on ‘average workers’ in European Union countries.
The President has signed off the Alojamento Local legislation amendments while pointing out his reservations that many of them may be unworkable.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa gave the green light to the new rules after Parliament voted on and passed the amendments which has resulted from a committee’s report and negotiations between the Socialist Party, the Communists and the Left Bloc.
The Ministry for the Environment has answered Algarve MPs’ questions about the destruction of trees and ecological habitat near Cacela Velha.
Residents alerted ecological groups and the media on July 4, saying that trees and land were being cleared by machinery on ecological land near the village of Cacela Velha, on the Ria Formosa Natural Area’s coastline.
