Almaraz, the Spanish power station situated on the Tagus river 100 kilometres upriver from the Portuguese border, has received permission to take in and store nuclear waste.
A huge row erupted when Almaraz applied to store nuclear waste as it lies on the shared Tagus/Tejo river so any nuclear leak, the Portuguese fear, will end up flowing merrily down the Tagus and along the Tejo, as it enters Portugal, onward to Lisbon.
Portugal’s taxpayers have been shelling out on firefighting helicopter hire at twice the previous hourly cost.
Heliportugal, the company which already faces court over a previous dispute, has been billing at the equivalent of €12,000-an-hour under a direct purchase contract for the hire of three battle-weary Kamov helicopters.
Allegations of fraud and misuse of funds donated to the victims of the Pedrógão Grande fire are being investigated.
Police officers today started work inside the Council building and the nearby headquarters of the Revita Fund, the one used to collect and distribute money the those affected.
The Algarve region’s health service management has announced the attendance figures for its summertime mini-clinics at the Algarve's most popular beaches.
According to the ARS Algarve, in July and August a total of 5,268 visits were made to the 31 Beach Health Units run by health service staff and personnel from the Portuguese Red Cross.
Due the continuing sunny weather and a strong and steady flow of late summer tourists, the Ministry of Internal Administration has decided to extend Operation Summer Safe across the Algarve until the end of September.
The initiative that increases security forces in the region’s tourist areas was due to end on September 15th but with the summer season showing few signs of easing off, the Algarve will hold a full strength compliment of security police.
The new Music Conservatory in Loulé has been opened by Portugal’s Prime Minister, António Costa, in a ceremony this morning.
This is a leap forward in music education for the region after the Ministry of Education and Loulé Council cooperated in a €3 million spend to create the Solar da Música Nova and provide the necessary teaching staff.
The Portuguese weather service has issued an update on a Category 2 cyclone, with an average wind speed of 175 kmph, that is heading to the Azores.
The archipelago will suffer from Hurricane Helene’s effects as from the end of Saturday September 15th.
The Vale de Lobo thief has been nabbed at his home in Olhão and valuables recovered from a string of burglaries.
The GNR tracked down and arrested a 46-year-old man whom it suspected of having committed the crimes. He has been arrested and charged.
