North Portugal home of mayor pelted with stones and fruit
The home of the mayor of Vila Pouica de Aguiar, a municipality in the north of Portugal, was the target of the most bizarre attack last night, around 11.15pm. According
Marcelo rubber-stamps first step in government’s ‘war on educational bureaucracy’
President Marcelo has rubber-stamped part of the changes, proposed by the government, to streamline Portugal’s department of education, whittling down the number of ‘head honchos’. Gone will be the Institute
Majority believe Mário Centeno “better than current Socialist leader”
COMMENT: In the cut-throat world of politics – and doors revolving at breakneck speed – a new poll has “shown that the majority of Portuguese (56.3%) think that Mário Centeno
Tuesday morning ‘news in brief’
Humanitarian flotilla Portuguese figures Mariana Mortágua (Bloco de Esquerda MP), Miguel Duarte (activist) and Sofia Aparício (actress) will be joining a ‘humanitarian flotilla’ setting sail for Gaza this week, in
CTT follows postal services around world in suspending postal deliveries to United States
As of today, CTT (Correios de Portugal, the country’s privately-owned postal service) has suspended most of its postal deliveries to the United States of America. The move follows similar decisions
Tornado of ash surprises firefighters in Covilhã
An extraordinary natural phenomenon – a tornado of ash – has been filmed in Unhais da Serra, in the municipality of Covilhã, by firefighters involved in dampening down operations. The
Portuguese coastline braces for a battering
While a large part of the country is still under ‘maximum risk’ for wildfires, there is a new ‘danger’ on the horizon: very rough seas with high waves that could
Hundreds gather in Lisbon to celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day
Hundreds of people gathered in Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon yesterday to celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day, as in Lagos the Ukrainian FelizOnda festival came to a close, flying the flag
Arganil fire brought under control after 11 desperate days
The fire that broke out in Arganil on August 13, passing into six municipalities and terrorising dozens of communities was finally ‘brought under control’ yesterday, Sunday – and is already
Three Algarve families in mourning following horrific road accident in Monchique
Three Algarve families are in mourning today after the identities of the five bodies ‘carbonised’ in a terrible road accident on Monchique’s EN266 yesterday have been revealed. Carlos Soares, the