Three hooded men shoot São Tomé national dead in suspected ‘racial’ assassination
A 35-year-old man was fatally shot with a bullet to the chest in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Damaia area of Amadora (Sintra). Despite being transported alive
GNR agents filmed slapping young woman in Albufeira – and immobilising young man with knee on neck
A cellphone recording of GNR agents using allegedly excessive violence against members of the public in Albufeira in the early hours of Saturday morning is being studied by the force’s
Experts should determine end of outdoor mask-wearing – not politicians, say Portugal’s social democrats
In the wake of the political decision to ease Portugal’s Covid restrictions (click here), PSD (social democrats) have called for experts to address parliament ‘urgently’. In a note published yesterday,
Earthquake 3.6 on Richter Scale ‘felt in Portimão’
An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter Scale was felt yesterday afternoon in the municipality of Portimão, without any reports being received of either damages to property or injuries to
International arrest warrants force detentions at Portuguese airports
Two men have been detained by SEF borders authority this weekend due to international arrest warrants emitted against them. The first was a French man travelling into Lisbon from Senegal.
Algarve’s exhausted A&E nurses warn “we will make mistakes…”
Exhausted A&E nurses in the Algarve have signed their names to a letter asking to be ‘excused from responsibility for what might happen to patients’. Addressing the missive to superiors
120,000 teens line-up to receive Covid vaccines on Portugal’s first weekend of mass youth inoculations
Portugal’s first weekend of inoculating the youngest members of society so far deemed eligible for Covid vaccines saw 120.000 12-15 year olds line up to receive their shots. Vaccine task
Police break up ‘party’ of 300 young people on Sesimbra beach
In what has been a very slow news weekend – with thankfully no major fires yet breaking out despite exceptionally hot weather – a ‘party’ of 300 young people on
Unpleasant scenes in Odivelas as vaccine task force coordinator heckled and called ‘assassin’
There were unpleasant scenes outside a vaccination centre in Odivelas last night, as vaccine task force coordinator vice-admiral Gouveia e Melo arrived to accompany the vaccination process of 16-17 year
Portugal surpasses 1,000,000 Covid infections…17 months on
As of today, Portugal has amassed 1,003,335 infections of SARS-CoV-2 after 17 months living with the pandemic. Covid-19 has claimed the lives of 17,562 nationals (the vast majority of them