State Budget impasse: Left wingers want written agreement, government ‘plays ball’
The continuing ‘impasse’ over acceptance of the next State Budget (OE 2022) continues to fill column inches, with left-wingers Bloco de Esquerda this week suddenly ‘in the driving seat’. Only
Chega candidate cited for attempted murder of Swedish travellers
A candidate for right wing party Chega in the recent municipal elections has been briefly detained by police for “strong indications of the practice of attempted murder” due to “racial
Operation Maré Branca: €210 million-worth of cocaine seized – “the largest haul in Portugal in 15 years”
PJ judicial police have announced the apprehension of 5.2 tons of cocaine on the ‘high seas’, worth ‘a minimum of €210 million’. It’s the most significant capture in Portugal in
Squid Game ‘alert’ now active in Portugal
In line with other countries, Portuguese authorities are ‘on the alert’ over the possible effects of the dystopian South Korean television series Squid Game. Carried by Netflix, concerns are that
‘Poortugal’ has almost 10% of citizens living on less than €540 per month
According to an analysis made by Pordata on the basis of national statistics, 9.5% of Portugal’s employed population is surviving on pay packets of less than €540 per month –
Price of fuel goes up again – annulling effect of government tax cut
Two days after the government announced it was cutting its tax grab on the price of petrol and diesel, the cost of both has gone up for the 35th time
DGS changes vaccination rules for ‘Covid recovered’
In another change in vaccination protocols, Portugal’s DGS health authority has announced that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and are considered to be fully-vaccinated in this country with only
British ‘drug gran’ dies alone in Portuguese jail
Just as she feared, a British grandmother convicted of smuggling cocaine while on a luxury cruise, has died alone in a Portuguese jail. The UK Express broke the news today,
Wild horses let loose in Sintra ‘natural park’
A little group of wild ‘Garrano’ horses has been let loose in Sintra natural park – the idea being that their grazing will minimise fire risks, while they procreate and
Citizens still battling to ensure rogue avocado plantation does as it has been ordered
Determined citizens in a rural backwater northwest of Lagos are still battling to get a rogue avocado plantation to do as it has been ordered by government-backed authorities (click here).