The yellow weather warning for cold was in place in all districts throughout the country until Sunday morning, but low temperatures are expected to remain at least until Thursday, Madalena Rodrigues, a meteorologist from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has said.

The National Health Service lost, in 2022 alone, more than 3000 doctors and nurses. According to data by the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS) released to CNN Portugal, last year 1,488 doctors and 1,782 nurses left the National Health Service (SNS) in Portugal.

CTT have announced that as of March 1st this year the price of posting letters, editorial mail and parcels will increase by an average 6.24%.

As a result of a joint operation, the GNR and PSP have arrested three men for thefts in residences in the eastern Algarve.

The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) have extended the cold yellow warning to the 18 districts of mainland Portugal until 6am on Sunday, due to the forecast of continued cold weather.

A plane was seen dropping drugs on the A26, in Ferreira do Alentejo, and then disappeared from radars, according to TVI/CNN Portugal.

Yesterday, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, appealed to the Portuguese to prepare for the problem of fires in 2023, predicting that it will be a very difficult year.

A 46-year-old man was arrested in north Portugal last May, was thought to be carrying cocaine, but later tests revealed it was just sugar.