Earlier today the European Commission repeated that Portugal's draft budgetary plan for next year poses a risk of non-compliance with the EU Stability and Growth Pact, highlighting that the government must put forward an updated document "as soon as possible".
Faro Council say that they will sue the Faro Beach Friends and Campers Association and all the occupants of the campsite if they do not leave the site by the 24th of November.
The fishermen are making it clear that either the law needs to change, or recent fishing bans will be the end of a number of local fleets. Around 50 ship owners and fishermen joined the protest set up by the Olhãopesca this morning, arguing against the bans which have lasted “more than six months” and have left hundreds of professionals without work.
The Algarve will have to wait longer than anticipated for the arrival of electrification on the regional railways between Tunis and Lagos, and between Faro and Vila Real de Santo António, reports the Jornal de Notícias, in its printed edition.
At 05:20 this morning, easyJet flight EJU5841 from Berlin Tegel to Vienna took to the skies and made history. Starting today, Easyjet will offset the carbon emissions from the fuel used for every single easyJet flight, domestic and international. They are the world’s first major airline to offset carbon emissions from the fuel used for all flights.
The first unit belonging to the new Peniche wave energy park has been successfully set up on the seabed off the coast of Peniche, announced Finnish company AW Energy.
The president of the International Motorcycle Federation has stated that the MotoGP World Championship could return to Portugal as soon as 2022.
Portugal’s Champalimaud Foundation, set up by the late António Champalimaud, formerly the country’s wealthiest man, announced earlier today that the world’s largest annual prize, worth 1 million euros, for research and clinical practices aiming to control or eradicate cancer.
