municipalities of Portugal

Operations from the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) are vital to thousands of residents in cities suffering the effects of the worst drought in recent years in southern Brazil's Rio ... Municipalities in the southern part of the state—cities along the border between Uruguay and Argentina—still feel the effect.

This initiative was launched last November during the APAVT (Portuguese Association of Travel Agencies and Tourism) congress, in Macao, by the Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho. "This is an incentive program in which, depending on the number of participants, Turismo de Portugal ...

Fly into Lisbon and drive three hours south, starting in the village of Sagres (part of the municipality of Vila do Bispo), to see the remote Praia do Beliche, Ponta Ruiva and Praia das Furnas beaches. Then head east to the resort city of Lagos before making a stop at the historic city of Faro, which too many ...

One sapling at a time, thousands of volunteers planted trees in Portugal's oldest forest burned by last year's devastating wildfires. ... Cidalia Ferreira, the mayor of Marinha Grande, a municipality in the Leiria district, noted that the effort was just the beginning of an ambitious reforestation project. "We lost 80 ...

The contract was signed by the President of the Coimbra Municipality, Manuel Augusto Soares Machado, and BYD's managing director of Europe, Isbrand ... BYD's foothold in Coimbra, a city north of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, represents the 10th European country that it now maintains a presence in, ...

Speaking at the inauguration of the yearly BTL tourism trade show in Lisbon, the Prime Minister stressed that Central Portugal “was the region worst ... Bernardino Soares said that in order to comply with the new land-cleaning law, his municipality would need around four million euros, a budget that “we do ...

Meanwhile, the Jerusalem municipality said it would collect about $186 million in what it said are back taxes owed by churches and international bodies .... The Rede de Juderias network of cities with Jewish heritage sites, which was established in Portugal in 2011, has grown to include 27 municipalities ...

The Algarve mountain city of Monchique is now part of the Portuguese Network of Healthy Municipalities. The official ... implementation and development of the Healthy Cities project in municipalities that intend to adopt the promotion of good health as a priority on the agenda of political decision-makers.

The Algarve mountain city of Monchique is now part of the Portuguese Network of Healthy Municipalities. Monchique ... implementation and development of the Healthy Cities project in municipalities that intend to adopt the promotion of good health as a priority on the agenda of political decision-makers.

Lisbon, Portugal – An association representing Lisbon property owners has threatened legal action to force the city council to pay interest on refunds to ... “If this demand is not satisfied [the ALP] will resort to the Tax Tribunals to obtain an order that the Municipality of Lisbon pay indemnity interest that is ...

... our area [but] Oeiras is already today the municipality [in Portugal] with most companies of this kind,” Morais told Lusa. According to the Oeiras mayor, around 30 percent of Portugal's tech industry is based in the area. Given that Oeiras is also the fourth biggest exporter among the country's municipalities, ...

Villages in parts of Portugal at the highest risk from forest fires are to have a “safety official” charged with warning residents of dangers, organising ... the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) and the National Association of Parish Councils (ANAFRE) on the implementation of the two ...

The commercial capital of Margao more known for its trade and commerce, markets and trading families, is often forgotten for its heritage structures, history and beautiful Portuguese homes. While construction is on the rise and buildings have replaced the heritage structures, fewer and fewer homes of the ...

Algarve Bike Challenge returns on Friday. The most important Mountain Bike stage race in Portugal will be staged in Tavira and this year will see more than 840 riders from 16 countries taking part. The race takes place in stages, held over the three days, in and around the Tavira municipality.