Portugal

LISBON, Aug 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — Portuguese Minister of Economy and the Sea Antonio Costa Silva said that the government will take measures to facilitate the immigration to Portugal and ease the shortage of workers, which he described as “the heart of the government’s concerns.”

Speaking at the opening of the 41st edition of the Handicraft, Tourism, Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Fair, in the city of Lagoa in southern Portugal, he admitted the “need to significantly increase the active population, because this is an extremely important asset for the country’s development.”

LISBON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese government on Saturday announced several financial aid packages to the agricultural sector to mitigate the losses resulting from adverse weather conditions and the consequences of the Ukraine crisis.

LEIRIA, Portugal/LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days.

More than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in southwestern France that have been fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions and strong winds.

LEIRIA, Portugal/RASLINA, Croatia, July 14 (Reuters) - Wildfires raged across tinder-dry country in Portugal, Spain, France and Croatia on Thursday, burning homes and threatening livelihoods, as much of Europe baked in a heatwave that has pushed temperatures into the mid-40Cs in some parts.

Nations across southern Europe - experiencing the second heatwave in as many months - have been hit by a series of wildfires over the last few weeks.

LISBON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese Directorate-General for Health on Friday confirmed the first monkeypox case in a woman in Portugal.

The southern European country had reported 473 monkeypox cases, all in men, before the latest case were detected. The majority of the cases were reported in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, according to health authorities.

Monkeypox is common in wild animals like rodents and primates, and humans can also get infected with the virus.

LISBON, Jul 01 (APP): The five-day UN Ocean Conference ended Friday, with more than 150 countries, including Pakistan, collectively agreeing to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency.

The agreement, together with bold commitments from all sectors of society — youth, civil society, businesses and the scientific community — demonstrates the centrality of a safe, healthy and productive ocean to food security, livelihoods and a safe planet.

LISBON, Jun 30 (APP): Pakistan, speaking on behalf of the “Group of 77” (developing countries) and China, Thursday called for “focused” international efforts for capacity development regarding marine science and research, especially for scientists from the most vulnerable countries, in a bid to restore ocean health.

LISBON, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A long-delayed conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon, with the head of the United Nations (UN) saying the world’s seas are in crisis.

“Today we face what I would call an ocean emergency,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told thousands of policymakers, experts and advocates at the opening plenary, describing how seas have been hammered by climate change and pollution.

Humanity depends on healthy oceans.

LISBON, June 25 (NNN-KBC) — The Governments of Kenya and Portugal are set to co-host the Ocean Conference from next week in Lisbon.

The event seeks to scale up ocean action based on science and innovation.

Currently, the ocean is facing threats as a result of human activities.

According to the UN, the ocean covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface and is home to up to 80% of all life in the world and also generates 50% of the oxygen we need.

LISBON, May 14 (Reuters) - Portugal blocked the sale of a 10 million euro ($10.4 million) luxury house over a "strong conviction" it belonged to sanctions-hit Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Foreign Minister Joao Cravinho said on Saturday.

The property registry of the mansion in the luxury Quinta do Lago resort in the Algarve was frozen - meaning it cannot be sold, rented or mortgaged - on March 25 at the request of the foreign ministry, a month after Russia's full invasion of Ukraine.