Emissions from Portugal and Spain’s wildfires threaten Europe’s air quality
There will be little surprise at ‘the news’ that the raging wildfires that ravaged Portugal and Spain this summer are “likely to worsen air quality across the European continent”. “The
Glória funicular tragedy: Lisbon workers’ committee goes on attack
With the estimated ‘damages’ of the Glória funicular tragedy already being touted by media sources, CIL, the Lisbon Workers Committee, has come out on the attack today, slamming Carris (the
Nationalities of eight of yesterday’s dead revealed: five are Portuguese
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced that it has been possible to identify eight of the 16 fatalities in yesterday’s disaster involving Lisbon’s iconic Glória funicular. Five of the dead
Carris president guarantees “all inspections for Glória funicular up-to-date, faultless”
Pedro Bogas, the president of Carris – the company in charge of Lisbon’s public transports – has set the record straight. In a press conference this afternoon – and with
Former PM Sócrates denies “putting money in his pocket” with houses in Venezuela
COMMENT: Former prime minister José Sócrates insisted in court today that he didn’t put “money in (his) pocket” by selecting the Lena group for a project to build social housing
Lisbon mayor and prime minister share joint press conference over funicular tragedy
In a joint press conference early this afternoon, Lisbon mayor Carlos Moedas and prime minister Luís Montenegro pledged speedy investigations into the cause of last night’s funicular disaster which it
Angola doesn’t understand proposed changes to nationality law
José Luís Carneiro, leader of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), said today, on arrival in Lisbon, that the Angolan authorities with whom he had contact in Luanda do not understand
Tender for Glória funicular maintenance “cancelled in August because of price”
In the wake of the worst human (and most globally visible) human tragedy in Lisbon for many years, disturbing details have emerged with regard to the maintenance of the Glória
Mayor suspends operation of Lisbon’s other lifts and Graça funicular “so that they can be inspected” following yesterday’s tragedy
As Lisbon wakes up to a day in which the identities of the dead and injured in yesterday’s funicular tragedy are expected to be announced, the operations of all other
15 dead as Lisbon’s iconic funicular crashes into building “breaking up like cardboard box”
Fifteen people have been reported dead this evening after the iconic Lisbon ‘elevador da Glória’ – a funicular railway popular with tourists – derailed and crashed heavily into a building