‘Fossil fuels must end’ – Portugal’s secretary of state at COP
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This year’s lacklustre climate summit enters final strait With this year’s COP reinforcing fears that these annual climate summits have become little more than rather surreal talking shops, Portugal’s secretary of State for energy and climate has nailed Portugal’s fossil fuel commitments to the mast. Says Lusa, recognising the difficulty in reaching a consensus on […]
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COP28: outgoing PM urges conversion of debt into climate finance
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Strategy “benefits all humanity”, says Costa Portugal’s outgoing prime minister has argued today at COP28 that agreements to convert millions of euros of debt into climate finance benefit “all of humanity” and are a necessary step in the fight against climate change. On the first day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, António […]
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Hundreds of unfilled vacancies for medical internships in Portugal’s State health service “a red card” for government
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Ministry of health accused of rank incompetence Portugal’s Order of Physicians (Ordem dos Médicos) has cited the hundreds of unfilled vacancies in medical internships with Portugal’s SNS State health service medical as “a red card” to ministry of health, which it accuses of “incompetence and inoperativeness. “These are very worrying figures that effectively reflect a […]
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Alverca-Portela airport solution gains steam again
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Proposal has been rejected twice before A group of economists and engineers are going to publish an open letter on Friday (November 17) defending a solution that involves the Alverca-Portela locations for the future Lisbon air hub, connected by a shuttle that would take 12 minutes. Speaking to Lusa, Luís Póvoas Janeiro, an economist at […]
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Fishermen threaten to ‘stop fishing’, take legal action over massive block of offshore wind farms
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Insist they are “not against renewable energies” but there must be proportion Fishing boat owners in the north are threatening to stop fishing, and file injunctions with Europe, over the proposed creation of a massive block of offshore wind farms, which they have claimed will turn rich fishing areas into comparative deserts. The situation is […]
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Infrastructure minister guarantees he will not resign
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João Galamba refuses to resign Portugal’s minister for infrastructure, João Galamba, guaranteed in parliament today that he will not resign after being made an official suspect in the case involving lithium and hydrogen deals – which already saw PM António Costa resign. João Galamba was speakingat a joint parliamentary hearing between the budget and finance […]
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Costa says country “didn’t deserve to be called to new elections”
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Portugal’s acting PM wanted Mário Centeno as PS leader Portugal’s acting prime minister António Costa has been talking to reporters in the street ahead of a meeting of the PS directive this evening, explaining that he asked President Marcelo to appoint Mário Centeno as substitute prime minister. Mr Centeno, currently holding the position of Governor […]
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