Alqueva: Venture classified as a work of national interest by the government.
This distinction of the enterprise “or, equally, meeting the objectives defined for the 'water that unites' strategy, that is being developed by the government”, enhances the executive of Luís Montenegro.
Mobility: Delay in works on the Ribeira do Vascão bridge closes traffic to the Algarve until 16 May.
The total closure to car traffic on the Ribeira do Vascão Bridge, the National Road 122 (EN122), that connects Alentejo (Mértola) to the Algarve (Alcoutim/Vila Real de Santo António), was prolonged until 16 May 2025, due to “delays in the supply of equipment necessary for the project”, justified the Infrastructures of Portugal (IP).
Wine: Production in Portugal will shrink 8% in the next harvest.
Portugal should produce 6,9 million hectoliters of wine in the campaign 2024/2025, with ten of 14 wine regions in loss, especially Alentejo, Lisbon and Douro. Check the variations by region.
Cycling: Alentejo journalist Fernando Emílio has died.
Fernando Emilio, passed away this Friday, on the same day as there 40 years Joaquim Agostinho died, the best Portuguese cyclist ever. The last race he followed was the Volta ao Alentejo, which took place 20 a 24 March.
Two-wheeled pilgrimage: “Return to Alentejo…But slowly”, ride a vespa and celebrate freedom.
Vespa was created 80 year old, after World War II. Piaggio made airplanes, wagons and ships and factories were destroyed by the Allies and the way to lift Italy was through those mopeds.