Mértola: PJ announces arrest of septuagenarian for attempted murder.
In a statement the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed that he had, on Monday, “the arrest of a man, of 74 year old, by strong evidence of the practice of the crime of qualified homicide in the attempted form, using a firearm”.
Mértola: Retired GNR shot by neighbor with shotgun.
A retired GNR soldier was shot with a shotgun by a neighbor, early this Monday morning, not Monte do Tamejoso, in the Mértola municipality.
Mina de São Domingos / Mértola: Germans invest 28 million in solar project.
It is an ambitious project with a total cost of 500 million, but promoters say it is for the “long term” and with “several phases”. Project in the municipality of Mértola, district of Beja, foresees wind energy, solar, green hydrogen and storage through pumped water.
Guadiana: APA gives favorable opinion, but conditioned, water collection in Pomarão.
Project aims to increase the Algarve’s water resilience, through the transfer of water from the Guadiana to the Odeleite Dam. The Chamber of Mértola spoke unfavorably, due to the project not providing for supply to the municipality itself.
Mértola: GNR guarantees that the county seat post will not close.
“There is no intention to close the Mértola Territorial Post, where the Group Post Commander is located”, justified to Lidador News, the General Command of the GNR.