Lithium mining in Boticas: Savannah pushes government for further help
Savannah wants to move forwards with expropriations by this summer Communities battling to save their agricultural heritage and livelihoods from open pit lithium mining in the borough of Boticas have
Portugal’s government praises universities’ stand against “intrusive” US questionnaire
Minister of Foreign Affairs agrees: questionnaire is “unacceptable” Portugal’s caretaker government has finally reacted to some of the letters being sent out by the US government to European entities, questioning
Minister warns of “invasion of Chinese goods” into Europe
Invasion will have “dramatic consequences” on member states’ economies With another ‘groundhog-US-tariff-announcements-day’ dawning, the knock-on consequences of all the uncertainty suggest that China will end up ‘dumping’ large quantities of
Cheeky ad campaign makes prison guards see red
Campaign “exceeds limits of humour and marketing”, say guards A cheeky advertising campaign by NOS’ operator WOO has provoked “a wave of indignation among prison guards” who have threatened to
Portuguese believe “no one will get a majority”
Latest barometer for elections no-one wants suggests uninspiring results Portuguese voters believe none of the political parties fighting elections coming on May 18 will clinch an absolute majority. This is
Portugal’s unusually wet winter sees highest level of daily deaths since pandemic
Between January 1 and March 31 average of 373 people died per day The first three months of 2025 have seen a daily ‘death average’ only topped by the worst
PSP police arrest over 300 in first three days of Easter operation
Operation Safe Easter runs until April 21 Portugal’s PSP police force is out in force over Easter, checking on drivers’ behaviour particularly: 307 were arrested between last Friday and this
Government’s electoral programme gets similar lacklustre response to that of PS
Pundits unimpressed; PS denounces it as “hoax”/ “fantasy” This weekend saw the initial response to the government’s electoral programme, presented on Friday at the Lisbon Congress Centre – and it
Shhhh… Portugal heading for four years of deficit
Government insists “there will be no deficit”, but we are in an election campaign Tucked well into the back pages today is the news that the “next government that results
Church hands 15 properties over for €230,000 – without telling vulnerable tenants
Properties were ‘exchanged’ for single studio apartment “that hasn’t even been built…” Vulnerable families in Porto have been shocked to discover that the Church (their supposed landlord) has handed over