Europe Portugal The Technical Commission in charge of the strategic and environmental assessment for the new Lisbon airport will examine five solutions and may propose others, working on both single locations and dual solutions encompassing the existing facility
Europe Portugal Supreme National Defence Council unanimously approved a 'new mission in the Mediterranean', a redeployment of Portuguese forces deployed in 2022, and also addressed 'Portugal's support for Ukraine'
Europe Portugal Some 700 divers gathered in Sesimbra this weekend in a new initiative to 'break the world record' for cleaning the oceans
Europe Portugal The commission charged with charting a way out of Portugal's midwifery crisis will propose closing more maternity units, given the lack of obstetricians and gynaecologists in the state health system
Europe Portugal The country's gambling regulator is accepting bids for two gaming concessions that will expire at the end of this year in an international tender
Europe Portugal The government has 'identified the need to study in greater detail and depth the causes of excess deaths' from 2020, as deaths classified 'from other causes' haven't been so high in 100 years
Europe Portugal In measures to combat drought in the Algarve, 16 mayors have announced the closure of swimming pools and the end of ornamental fountains during the month of August and, eventually, the entire month of September
Europe Portugal Forest fires consumed 57.940 hectares this year, more than double the entire 2021 figure, according to provisional data from the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forestry
Europe Portugal Ranked as the best European country for living and working abroad in the Expat Insider 2022, it sees 85% of expats happy with their life in Portugal, compared to 71% globally according to almost 12.000 respondents
Europe Portugal A recent discovery by a group of researchers in the Algarve has uncovered a new species of microscopic mud dragon; the marine animal serves as an indicator of the health of the ecosystem
Europe Portugal A dedicated Eurobarometer study shows that Portugal is the second country in the bloc that 'feels most the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine, which most European countries say they have not yet felt'
Europe Portugal Parliament has approved the first reading of four bills by the Socialist Party, Left Blocc, IL and PAN that regulate the decriminalisation of medically assisted death