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Curiously enough, this information has not been publicly relayed in the national media. I've only read about it on the international media.. It's indeed a pity that we don't know that sometimes our money is spend in a nice way.. :/

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I'm portuguese and always found national media to be generally bad. Case in point, todays cover of http://www.jn.pt/ :

- soccer

- X murdered Y

- something about the police

- bad thing Z happened on freeways

- how the weather is going to be on the weekend

- world news: the weather in India is apparently very nice today

:-)

Oh, in Spain we also have those "it's cold in winter, it's hot in summer" 5-minute long news every week, with the apparently mandatory interview with some locals...

We get that in the UK, complete with the use of Fahrenheit in the summer and Celsius in the winter just so that they can use as big or a small a number as they want to.

News of this latest achievement:

http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/2016-05-15-Consumo-de-eletri...

http://www.jn.pt/nacional/interior/portugal-funcionou-quatro...

http://observador.pt/2016/05/18/portugal-usou-apenas-energia...

It's not more newsworthy because we already have 50-60% of total electrical energy being produced by renewables so peaking at 100%+ for a few days is getting easier and easier.

It was. On publico.pt and on observador.pt, at least.

On a slightly related note: What our media totally skipped were the SpaceX landings. They were busy discussing the resignation of the minister of Culture because of some FB insults. Humph. Politics: a reality show that is, unfortunately, real.

On their internet websites. I was mainly referring to printed or TV media, for which each cm^2 of paper or 1 second of audio/video costs "something" and therefore is a measure of how much "importance" something has for everyone. I can only assume that trying to get away from petroleum-based products is not important for most of us (portuguese people)..

Pretty complete coverage here: http://observador.pt/seccao/ciencia/exploracao-espacial/spac... It's rather ironic how journalism is always bashed without research. Also, people tend to judge media based on what appears on their very socially skewed Facebook feeds.

No TV. Assumedly, on paper I only read Público, where the news did not appear. Observador is on my feed reader, but it's entirely natural I've skipped the news post.

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