Woman suspected of killing partner in Matosinhos
In another brutal case of domestic violence, a woman is in preventive custody in Matosinhos today following the stabbing to death of her younger partner. The horror played out in
Stampede for flu vaccines: pharmacies compile waiting lists
With flu vaccines only ‘free’ to a limited number of people, there is a veritable stampede of people ‘booking their shots’ at pharmacies to become available by the end of
Intense night of vote-counting sees PS ‘win’ overall but suffer humiliating defeat in Lisbon
2021’s municipal elections in Portugal will go down as the moment PS Socialists ‘won’ without being able to ‘shout from the rooftops’. As leader writers have all explained, pre-election polls
Municipal elections exit polls: Lisbon “too close to call”, Algarve with early results
PSD supporters of Carlos Moedas started celebrating a possible ‘tie’ between their candidate for mayor of Lisbon and PS incumbent Fernando Medina at 9pm this evening. Exit polls showed the
Landslide underneath hotel in Madeira
Diário de Madeira has reported a landslide underneath a hotel overlooking Praia Formosa, west of Funchal. Three people have been ‘assisted at the scene’ with light injuries. For now there
Portuguese living in Germany focused on elections without Angela Merkel
Portuguese emigrés living and working in Germany are much more concerned today with elections ongoing in their adopted country, given that Angela Merkel is retiring from national politics. TVI24 has
Algarve at risk of new A&E crisis as Open Letter warns of “total collapse” of Portugal’s State health service
The Algarve is at risk of another A& E crisis through October due to lack of doctors to cover units through the night. This latest potential drama affects principally pediatric
Protest in Algarve as Portugal goes to the polls for first time since pandemic
With 9.3 million people eligible to vote in the municipal elections today, one small group in the Algarve has made a stand by boycotting the whole process because their demands
TAP’s €493.1 million first semester losses “may be under-evaluated”
In another potential case of “upps, calculations don’t appear to have been quite right”, auditors PwC today have “considered” that the €493.1 million first semester losses posted earlier this week
Life expectancy in Portugal INCREASES….
INE national statistics institute reports today that in spite of the scourge of the last 19 months life expectancy in Portugal has ‘never been so good’… Citizens these days have