Ryanair’s cabin crew based in Portugal are planning another day of strike action on Wednesday, April 4th, after Easter Sunday’s union action caused the cancellation of 27 flights to and from Portugal.
Drought now affects only 0.1% of the country with only three dams at less than 40% capacity.
Renewable energy sources supplied 103.6% of Portugal’s electricity consumption in March, something that has never happened before.
In a brave career move, Carla Antunes da Silva has accepted an invitation by US vulture fund, Lone Star, to join the general and supervisory board of Novo Banco.
Portugal’s Environment Minister, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, is risking another visit to the Algarve to sign a contract for dune reinforcement at Alvor, Portimão.
The work aims to create a better barrier against erosion by bulking up the sands along a one kilometre stretch of shoreline.
The 7.5 ton, 'Celestial Palace,' will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at 26,000 kmph today, Sunday April 1st, before disintegrating into a fireball, or so Chinese aerospace officials hope. (See UPDATE below)
Monday’s strike by rail workers will be widespread as there is no provision for the skeleton service usually left in place.
The former Minister of the Economy in the Sócrates government, Manuel Pinho, arranged the purchase of an apartment in New York for USD 1.24 million (€1.3 million) through a British Virgin Islands offshore company in June 2010.
