Santander Totta sends out dismissal notices to 145 bank staff
Santander Totta has started notifying workers affected by the collective dismissals ongoing within the banking sector. In all, 145 people are believed to be affected. They will only leave the
Finance minister presents “temporary” discount on fuel prices… to be paid through IVAucher programme
Finance minister João Leão has presented the latest government measure designed to help citizens with rising fuel prices. It involves a temporary discount of 10 cents per litre on either
Santander Totta sends out dismissal notices to 145 bank staff
Santander Totta has started notifying workers affected by the collective dismissals ongoing within the banking sector. In all, 145 people are believed to be affected. They will only leave the
PJ search offices of ‘ombudsman’ of Lisbon charitable institution Santa Casa da Misericórdia
PJ judicial police have carried out a search operation today within the Lisbon offices of the ombudsman of charitable institution Santa Casa da Misericórdia. According to Lusa news agency documents
Parliament agrees to extend free creche places to children from families on “escalões 1 and 2”
Parliament has voted in favour of a PCP communist draft law which will mean low-income families (on Social Security scales 1 and 2) will be entitled to free creche places
“Deep tech” fund invests €30 million in Portugal’s ‘blue economy’
“Portugal Blue” – the joint programme between the government and Europe’s investment fund (EIF) for ‘blue economy investments’ – has announced a €30 million initiative with Faber Blue Pioneers 1
Minister says government “is trying to increase support for purchase of electric vehicles”
Minister for the environment and climate action João Pedro Matos Fernandes has said the government is “trying to find” a way of increasing financial support for the acquisition of electric
UTAO (budgetary watchdog) alerts to three risks of State Budget
Even before State Budget negotiations have concluded – and with all indications that the government is prepared to cede to at least some of the demands of the left-wing –
Monsanto under ‘state of siege’ as HBO starts filming Game of Thrones prequel
The sleepy historic village of Monsanto in the north is under a ‘state of siege’ this week as HBO gets ready for filming its much-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel, House
INEM paramedics on strike today: protest scheduled in Lisbon
STEPH, the syndicate of emergency pre-hospital technicians, is on strike today, with its members scheduling a protest outside INEM’s headquarters in Lisbon from 11am. Reasons include the demand for “decent