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Porto Set to Vote Tomorrow on Free Public Transport for 42,700 Adult Residents — Pedro Duarte's €20.5 Million 'Flex' Programme

Porto Set to Vote Tomorrow on Free Public Transport for 42,700 Adult Residents — Pedro Duarte's €20.5 Million 'Flex' Programme

Porto's municipal assembly meets tomorrow, Tuesday 21 April, to vote on the most consequential transport proposal of Mayor Pedro Duarte's young mandate: a programme that would make the city's buses, metro, urban trains, and the freshly launched...

Albufeira Mayor Threatens 'All Necessary Measures' to Block Portugal's First Mainland Desalination Plant as Construction Crews Prepare to Move In

Albufeira Mayor Threatens 'All Necessary Measures' to Block Portugal's First Mainland Desalination Plant as Construction Crews Prepare to Move In

Portugal’s Environment Ministry has authorised the start of construction on the country’s first mainland desalination plant — a €107.92 million facility at Praia da Falésia in Albufeira — setting up a collision...