No recount: PM’s son’s 25 vote ‘election victory’ remains unchallenged
A judge has ruled that the slimmest of election wins (by just 25 votes) by Pedro Costa – son of the prime minister António Costa – cannot be challenged. Costa
Justice minister admits ‘social discomfort’ over flight from justice of former bank boss
In perhaps the understatement of the week, Justice minister Francisca van Dunem has admitted citizens may feel “great social discomfort” over news that former bank boss João Rendeiro – convicted
Freedom Day arrives with news that government purchases another 24 million vaccines
‘Freedom Day’ has arrived, with almost no noticeable difference in Portugal’s streets. Despite the fact that the wearing of masks in the open air is largely no longer enforceable, citizens
Constitutional Court decrees right wing Chega to be… illegal
After all the song and dance of pre-election campaigning, indeed the municipal elections themselves, it appears the Portuguese who voted for right-wing Chega were voting for an ‘illegal party’. The
Finance minister affirms government ready to plough another billion euros into TAP
Finance minister João Leão has confirmed the Portuguese government is preparing to plough another almost billion euros into loss-making airline TAP (click here). The €900 million injection will go forwards
Child pornography: PJ police arrest 15 men in countrywide crackdown on online paedophiles
PJ police have announced 15 arrests in a countrywide crackdown on online paedophiles. The detained men – all due to face magistrates for the application of bail terms – fall
D-Day for lifting restrictions: restaurants “won’t be increasing table numbers”
With tomorrow (Friday) October 1 being the day multiple Covid restrictions are finally lifted, reports suggests restaurants won’t be rushing to replace tables removed during the pandemic. The reason is
Quercus alert: 28% of areas affected by lithium prospection are “protected”
Quercus, one of Portugal’s oldest environmental NGOs, is drawing attention to the fact that 28% of the areas affected by the threat of lithium prospection are ostensibly protected. “We are
International arrest warrant issued for fugitive banker Rendeiro
However difficult the decision was for former BPP president João Rendeiro to dodge Portuguese justice (click here), the reality is that there is now an international arrest warrant out in
August’s figures for national tourism ‘off the scale’: INE reports
August’s figures for national tourism were ‘off the scale’: an historic maximum of 4.2 million hotel/ accommodation bookings. The data, published today by national statistics institute INE, shows the Portuguese