News Review: Housing for Teachers, Vandalism Not Helping & Lithium Mining Relief

In this News Review episode, host Carl Munson and The Resident news writer Natasha Donn catch up after Natasha’s break and discuss her top Portuguese news picks:

Alentejo town halls (Grândola and Santiago do Cacém) offering free accommodation to attract teachers and potentially other essential workers, driven by rising rents and shortages.

They cover “frozen homes” and a new law allowing the sale of inherited properties even if only one heir wants to proceed, which the government says could bring about 485,000 homes and 3.4 million rural properties in undivided estates onto the market.

They then examine Brussels possibly reassessing the “strategic status” of the Covas do Barroso lithium project amid community opposition in a UNESCO-recognized agricultural area and concerns about environmental and water damage.

Finally, they review Lisbon housing protests, criticising vandalism but noting largely peaceful demonstrations and police detentions, plus a brief debate about face-covering laws, clocks changing, and public skepticism toward health authority messages and vaccines.

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