The Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Medicine (DGAV) have warned of the “high risk” of the spread of bird flu, after a new case was confirmed in a white stork, bringing the number of outbreaks in Portugal to 16.

The Government have today announced a temporary simplification of the refugee reception process, regarding the arrival of Ukrainian citizens to Portugal.

The airline has once again appealed to the Portuguese Prime Minister to release 'slots' not used by TAP, and it threatens: if he doesn't,  Ryanair will cancel routes and reduce the number of planes.

At the update meeting on Infectious Diseases at the Curry Cabral Hospital, taking place today and Friday in Lisbon, Graça Freitas told journalists "We have an important milestone to cross, which is to reduce mortality to the levels that the ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention Control) advocates”, which is 20 deaths per million inhabitants.

The Prime Minister confirmed today that Portugal has a military force that will be made available for deterrence missions, if that is the decision of the North Atlantic Council, but ruled out a NATO intervention in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) announced yesterday that a much needed 81 forest firefighting vehicles in total will be distributed to fire brigades across Portugal, to the areas with the greatest need, allowing “a reinforcement of the operational response capacity”.

The Environment Minister has today announced that the Government will allocate five million euros from the Environmental Fund to awareness campaigns and contingency solutions, in view of the drought situation that the country is currently going through.

A British man in his 70's was rescued this yesterday afternoon, when he had a cardiac arrest while walking on the beach at Quinta do Lago.