Motorway toll charges set to increase by 1.8% from January
Motorway toll charges in Portugal are set to rise by 1.8% next year, which is in line with inflation registered in October. Concession holders are due to deliver their ‘proposals’
Justice for young German woman kidnapped and abandoned in Gerês national park
A German electrician, aged 56, has been sentenced to jail for seven and a half years after being found guilty of attempted murder, kidnap and sexual abuse of a person
Drug mules are back: easing of pandemic travel restrictions increases trafficking using commercial flights
Drug mules are back using Lisbon airport. This is the message today as in just three days last week (Friday to Sunday) the PJ’s trafficking combat unit UNCTE detained three
“State could end up bankrupt if it continues to pay-out large amounts in compensation” … for perfectly avoidable deaths
The Portuguese State could end up ‘bankrupt’ if it continues to pay-out large amounts in compensation for perfectly avoidable deaths. This is the gist of one of the more surreal
Banks and insurers can no longer ‘discriminate’ against people who have recovered from serious illnesses
President Marcelo has rubber-stamped the diploma that makes it illegal for banks and insurance companies to discriminate against people who have recovered from serious diseases, such as cancer. His promulgation
Commando ‘blood diamond’ scandal: ringleader ‘refuses to give up list of diplomats and generals allegedly involved
The commando ‘blood diamond’ smuggling scandal is becoming more and more convoluted as politicians now are complaining that this is (yet another) story ‘full of holes’. PSD leader Rui Rio
Chronic labour shortage: almost every sector in Portugal struggling to find staff
This isn’t a problem caused by the pandemic, although it has been exacerbated by it: multiple sectors across Portugal are struggling to fill job vacancies. Hotels particularly have been hard
Health service in crisis: another 10 chiefs of service resign ‘en masse’
Another 10 chiefs of service at one of Portugal’s best known State hospitals have resigned en masse. This time it is heads of various services at the casualty department of
Assistant Secretary of State to the rescue: Lacerda Sales leaves office to help injured motorcyclist
Assistant Secretary of State António Lacerda Sales was the first doctor to the rescue of a female motorcyclist involved in a collision with a car outside his office in Lisbon
2,000 fuel stations sign-up to Autovoucher, government’s ‘cash-back-on-fuel’ scheme
Today is the day that the government’s Autovoucher scheme begins – the plan to give everyday citizens cash back on fuel purchases as a means of softening the effects of