Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Portuguese counterpart, Luis Montenegro, have agreed to elevate relations between their two countries to a strategic partnership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/japan-portugal-upgrade-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shigeruishiba #luismontenegro #portugal #portugaljapanrelations
After a little delay our latest video is out, this time introducing our Wilder Mira hub in the Mira basin, Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FYD8uQLdg#Rewilding#MossyEarth#Portugal#Mira#Nature#Biodiversity#Ecosystems#Ecology#Eucalyptus#InvasiveSpecies
🕑 EU Citizens have 4 days: the clock is ticking!
European countries are finalizing their positions on Chat Controlthis Friday. If your country supports Chat Control, it is vital you contact your representatives and voice your opposition to the EU's latest surveillance and censorship tactic. 🇪🇺
The latest from staff writer Em: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/
#ChatControl#EU#Privacy#E2EE#StopChatControl#CSAR#ChatControle#Bulgaria#Croatia#Cyprus#Denmark#France#Hungary#Ireland#Italy#Latvia#Lithuania#Malta#Portugal#Slovakia#Spain#Sweden#EUpol#CSARegulation#Article#PrivacyGuides
🕑 EU Citizens have 4 days: the clock is ticking!
European countries are finalizing their positions on Chat Controlthis Friday. If your country supports Chat Control, it is vital you contact your representatives and voice your opposition to the EU's latest surveillance and censorship tactic. 🇪🇺
The latest from staff writer Em: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/
#ChatControl#EU#Privacy#E2EE#StopChatControl#CSAR#ChatControle#Bulgaria#Croatia#Cyprus#Denmark#France#Hungary#Ireland#Italy#Latvia#Lithuania#Malta#Portugal#Slovakia#Spain#Sweden#EUpol#CSARegulation#Article#PrivacyGuides
At least 15 people died and 18 were injured when Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/world/crash-lisbon-cable-car/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #lisbon #railaccidents #portugal
Assuming no defectors in the "opposing" camp,
For #Chatcontrol to die (for the time being) we urgently need these countries to turn around:
#Bulgaria#Croatia#Cyprus#Denmark#France#Hungary#Ireland#Italy#Latvia#Lithuania#Malta#Portugal#Slovakia#Spain#Sweden
and these to decide to throw in their weight in favor of fundamental rights:
#Estonia#Germany#Greece#Luxembourg#Romania#Slovenia
Assuming no defectors in the "opposing" camp,
For #Chatcontrol to die (for the time being) we urgently need these countries to turn around:
#Bulgaria#Croatia#Cyprus#Denmark#France#Hungary#Ireland#Italy#Latvia#Lithuania#Malta#Portugal#Slovakia#Spain#Sweden
and these to decide to throw in their weight in favor of fundamental rights:
#Estonia#Germany#Greece#Luxembourg#Romania#Slovenia
A 16-day heat wave in Spain that began on Aug. 3 is "the most intense on record," the country's national meteorological agency says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/25/climate-change/spain-heat-wave-most-intense-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #spain #climatechange #heatwaves #portugal
NRC (Felix Voogt): Grootste natuurbranden in Europa sinds 2006, één miljoen hectare verwoest
"Europa wordt dit jaar geteisterd door een groot aantal natuurbranden. Vooral Spanje en Portugal worden zwaar getroffen."
#Klimaatcrisis#Klimaatcatastrofe#Klimaatramp#Natuurbranden#Bosbranden#Spanje#Portugal#Frankrijk#Roemenië#Italië#Griekenland#ZuidEuropa
Spain is battling over 20 wildfires posing a direct threat to local communities heat waves and drought blamed on climate change fuel forest fires in the country and its neighbor, Portugal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/world/wildfires-spain-record-area-burnt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #spain #portugal #wildfires #climatechange
publications like @span NatGeoEsp
https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio-ambiente/riesgo-extremo-casi-toda-espana-por-incendios-amenaza-creciente-por-cambio-climatico-es-principal-vector-que-esta-condicionando-comportamiento-diferente-estos-megaincendios_26007?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
and @span dtpnews
https://www.dtpnews.com/2025/08/13/espanol/dtpnews/incendios-en-europa-imagenes-de-incendios-actuales-en-grecia-portugal-italia-y-espana/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
point to the obvious main vector for #wildfires: #climateChange
but there’s some like @span theconversationes that go into more specifics: the abandonment of rural economies.
https://theconversation.com/fomentar-la-economia-rural-el-mejor-antidoto-contra-los-incendios-261935
and those rural areas have been controlled by the largest conservative party in the country, which is why their opposition have started to point fingers to them:
via @span ElConfidencial
https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-08-13/puente-acusa-pp-desmantelar-servicios-reafirma-tuits-incendios_4190647/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
the #wildfires consuming #Spain are also consuming Portugal because the fires started in their shared Galicia region and it’s extended from there.
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/portugal-em-alerta-a-evolucao-da-resposta-a-incendios-ao-minuto_e1676063
apparently #Portugal doesn’t have firefighting airplanes to deal with the fires and has had to ask Marruecos #Morocco for help:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.abc.es/sociedad/portugal-aviones-fuego-pide-ayuda-marruecos-luchar-20250812173042-nt.html
Ainda tenho muitos lugares de #Portugal para conhecer 😉:
(1/3) In Europa haben die realen #Tariflöhne 2024 erstmals seit den inflationsbedingten Kaufkraftverlusten wieder zugelegt. 👍 Besonders profitiert haben Arbeitnehmer*innen in #Österreich und #Portugal. Aber auch hierzulande gab es ein Plus von 2,8 Prozent. Trotzdem besteht weiterhin Aufholbedarf.
Das ergibt der neue Europäische #Tarifbericht unseres #WSI, für den u.a. aktuelle Daten der Europäischen Kommission zur Lohn- und Preisentwicklung ausgewertet wurden.
No Safe Haven for War Criminals: HRF Pursues Israeli Sniper Dani Adega in Portugal
Israeli sniper Dani Adega, who boasted of 4 kills during a ceasefire, has been located in #Lisbon.
The #HindRajabFoundation has filed a legal complaint in #Portugal demanding his immediate arrest.