Cancelling the Volta system does not imply returning PRR funds to Brussels
The cancellation of the Volta project does not require the repayment of Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) funds to the European Commission.

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The cancellation of the Volta project does not require the repayment of Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) funds to the European Commission.

Passengers at Lisbon airport report shorter waiting times following the government's deployment of additional resources, though some uncertainty persists regarding the efficacy of new automated systems.

Portugal is facing delays or difficulties at the arrival stage.

The leader of the National Union of Local Government Workers (STAL) has said today that participation figures for the strike by general civil servants “are good”, particularly in the districts The post High turn out for public sector strike that gives workers time off till Tuesday appeared first on Portugal Resident.

The strike, which began at midnight today and lasts for 24 hours, is expected to affect schools, universities, Social Security services, registry and notary offices, the justice system, and waste collection.


The school year began nine days ago, but students have been at home for six of them. Isaltino Morais guarantees that classes will resume this Friday.

Urban hygiene, social effects, and reimbursement problems are the three main issues identified

One thousand students at a secondary school in Oeiras have been without classes for several days due to a lack of electricity at the school.
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The construction is part of a 2 million euro investment and also includes the renovation of the Damaia Market, which will house the facilities for dance classes.

Moedas plans to invest 6.5 million euros in the conservation of pedestrian pavements and street furniture, and 15 million in the digital modernisation and security of municipal systems.

The Ministry of Justice, through the Institute for Financial Management and Justice Equipment, has signed a contract for the project to modernise and replace the elevators at the Lisbon Palace of Justice. In a statement, it announced that the investment is 551,800 euros, plus VAT, and has an execution period of 150 days.

More than 50 patients who have been medically cleared were waiting this Wednesday for a social care placement to be able to leave the hospital.

They put the cart before the horse with three hundred thousand students inside.

Associations are required to provide a tanker truck and personnel to carry out the routes defined by the CML/DMAEVCE for watering trees.

The government official wanted to publicly thank the Minister of Internal Administration.

SMAS-Sintra issued a statement warning that the water cut occurred due to pipe repair work.

SMAS-Sintra issued a statement warning that the water cut occurred due to pipe repair work.

The Banco de Portugal administration met with employees to explain the new project for the future Lisbon building. The contract addendum will only take place in October.


Inês de Medeiros has been a disaster at communicating, after having let the drought happen.

Around 9 pm, a large volume of water loss forced the suspension of the supply on Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo. EPAL confirmed the rupture in a small-diameter pipe.

The PSD accused the PS on Thursday, July 9, of attempting to 'mask the incompetence' of the Almada City Council regarding water management, claiming the party blocked urgent parliamentary hearings on the matter. PSD parliamentary leader Hugo Soares blamed Almada Mayor Inês de Medeiros (PS) for water supply failures, while the PS countered that the Environment Minister's statements regarding the lack of investment in the municipality do not reflect reality.

User committees classify the situation as “incomprehensible” and maintain that the lack of maintenance of the facilities cannot prevent access to primary healthcare.

The mayor expects it will take two to three weeks to resolve the successive water supply failures in the municipality.

The online platform for grading national exams is under maintenance until 3 p.m. Additionally, the fire that affected a shop in the Carnaxide area is in the final stages of being extinguished.

Lisbon receives 170 of the new border inspectors. The Minister of Internal Administration guarantees a new phase in airport operations, but warns: there will always be difficult days.

At issue is a technical intervention in the operating theatre's cooling system.

Centeno and Santos Pereira are scheduled to provide details regarding the new Bank of Portugal building in the coming week.
