A strong El Niño already underway has been confirmed by specialists. It could bring relief to the drought-stricken farmers of California.
El Niño occurs when the warm ocean waters in the equatorial areas of the Pacific move east toward South America. This then alters the weather patterns, such as tropical storms shifting eastward.
Gabriela Knaul, UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers in Portugal, announced her initial findings in February this year and now has released the 'Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers' dated June 10, 2015.
Knaul’s interim comments on Portugal’s judicial system had described a system that was "slow, expensive and difficult to comprehend," with criticism of the new Citius court management system launched in September 2014 that ended in chaos after being forced to close down for six weeks.
A farmer in France has won his case against Monsanto, at least for now.
The agrochemical company was again found guilty, this time by an appeal court, of poisoning cereal farmer Paul Francois after he inhaled the firm’s weedkiller.
Manuel de Lemos, president of Portugal’s 'misericordia' church charities* did not suggest a figure but said that his members, or ‘misericordias’, can accommodate ‘significant numbers’ of refugees and that this contribution will be "decisive."
The president of the charities said that at the moment he is doing a survey of how many spaces each institution can offer, but stressed that his members will "contribute decisively to welcome the refugees coming to Portugal.”
As from next week the famous Olhão fish market will be devoid of sardines, for centuries the staple diet of Portuguese communities, an emblematic fish that has helped shape coastal economies for generations.
The fishermen will set sail on Friday to hunt for sardine shoals but after midnight, that’s it, the national quota has been filled and further sardine fishing is banned.
Spain has been declared the top destination in Europe for gay tourists.
Worldwide, the US is remains the most desirable place for gay visitors.
Renters in Germany are finding it harder to meet their payments as the costs reach more than a-third of their normal household budgets.
The average household spends some €2,448 each month, according to official agency Destatis.
More than 3 million people watched the TV debate between António Costa and Pedro Passos Coelho last night as the two party leaders went at it head-to-head, live on air.
The programme was shown on RTP1, SIC and TVI so with little else to watch, over a third of Portugal’s citizens 'turned on, tuned in and dropped out' as the debate raged covering diverse topics.
