“Portugal’s election campaign has already begun”, warns political commentator
With television stations concentrating today on the debate in parliament ahead of voting on the State Budget tomorrow afternoon, political commentator Bernardo Ferrão has said there is no point wasting
Hospitals in rupture: heads of service at Braga A&E resign en-masse
“Hospitals are in rupture from Braga to the Algarve”. This was one of the most recent headlines in Diário de Notícias cataloguing the perilous state of affairs within the country’s
Prison guards call strike for November 12
Prison guards’ syndicate ASCCGP has joined the growing dissatisfaction in the public sector pressure calling their own strike for November 12 to coincide with strikes on the same day scheduled
Bus companies set to spend €50 million more on diesel: businesses say they will be forced to close
ANTROP, the association of passenger transport companies, has said its members will be spending around €50 million more on diesel as a result of the increase in fuel prices. Businesses
Parakeet census: “Let’s keep track of these birds”…
SPEA, Portugal’s society for the study of birds, is calling on citizens to help out in yet another national census, this time of rose-ringed parakeets. These colourful, very sociable birds
Portugal’s political crisis: government enters debate today affirming it has never gone so far to satisfy the left
Portugal’s political crisis enters a new phase today: the debate in parliament leading up to tomorrow’s first vote on the apparently deadlocked State Budget. Negotiations have spectacularly broken down with
Contender for PSD leadership warns: “PS Socialists’ irresponsibility” could leave country adrift
Paulo Rangel, the man gunning for leadership of PSD Social Democrats, has been the first on the centre-right today to comment on the compounding chaos of the proposed State Budget.
Intensity in violence when it comes to crime is increasing, warns PSP chief
Magina da Silva, the national director of the PSP police force has warned today of an increase in the intensity of violence in which crimes are committed. Crime, per se,
PEV joins PCP and votes AGAINST the government’s State Budget
Bringing up the rear in terms of ‘declarations’, PEV (the Greens) have announced that they too will be voting against the government’s proposed State Budget on Wednesday. With the prospect
‘Crime boss’ arrested on Friday in major PJ ‘swoop’ already free
An alleged crime boss, arrested on Friday and suspected of leading a major gun-running network, is already ‘back on the streets’. Correio da Manhã reports that 48-year-old Paulo Batista has