The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) have announced that, as of Monday this week, reservoirs throughout Portugal were at an average storage level of 82%, with the total volume stored increasing by 0.3% compared to last week.
On the day that thousands of students were supposed to return to classes after the Christmas school break, teachers are again on strike, called by three unions.
The Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) have shut down two illegal animal slaughter sites, one in Silves in the Algarve and the other in Batalha in central Portugal.
In the traditional New Year message, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, warned that Portugal enters 2023 forced “to avoid it being worse than 2022”, which “was not the year of the expected turning point”.
The body of a man in an advanced state of decomposition was discovered yesterday in the municipality of Odemira, Beja, close to where the Sudoeste Festival took place in the Summer.
The regional director of Agriculture, Pedro Monteiro said yesterday that the recent rains have slightly increased dam water levels in the Algarve.
The Judiciary Police of Tavira have arrested a 34 year old foreign man, suspected of the pornography of minors.
The family of Carlos Santos, who fled from the Emergency Room at Hospital de Faro on the night of the December 4th of December, have appealed for information to help find him.
