Judiciary Police of Madeira arrests Mayor of Funchal
Following more than 100 searches carried out by the Judicial Police (PJ) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) in various locations on Madeira and on the Continent, the mayor of…
“The Right Stuff” in Portugal – Astronaut for a day
The Portuguese Space Agency will give 30 young Portuguese students the opportunity to float like astronauts Portuguese Space Agency opened registrations for a competition in which the process of selecting…
Portugal has five projects in UN Innovation Award shortlist
Of the eight Portuguese projects candidates for the World Summit Awards, five were selected for the shortlist of this international initiative: Ethiack, Literary Highways (Club de Autores), MOSAICO, DigitALL and…
500 medical research specialists from Portuguese universities will merge
Three research units of the University of Porto and one of the University of Beira Interior will merge into one that, bringing together more than 500 researchers, intends to find…
Desalination plant in the Algarve “stopped”
The owner of two rustic buildings in Albufeira, which the company Águas do Algarve wants to expropriate to build a (projected) desalination plant, does not want to leave the land.…
More than 14,000 drivers caught speeding in seven days
More than 14,000 drivers were caught speeding during the seven days of the “Travel without haste” campaign, and about 10,500 were fined through the radars of the National Road Safety…
Where do the Portuguese spend more time in traffic?
Neither Lisbon nor Porto. According to the latest edition of the TomTom Traffic Index report, based on data collected in more than 387 cities in 55 countries, on five continents,…
More than 1,600 nurses left Portugal in 2023
About 1600 nurses left Portugal last year, 527 more than in 2022, with Switzerland being the main destination country, according to data from the Order of Nurses (OE), who warn…
‘Tourism Oscar’ – 5 Portuguese attractions among the best in Europe
Portugal leads the list in one of the World Travel Awards categories, competing only with Poland, Switzerland and France. The World Travel Awards are the most important awards in the…
Private sector wages expected to rise 4% this year
Wages are expected to increase, on average, 4% in the private sector this year, below the benchmark set in the Social consultation. Inflation, the risk of economic recession and talent…