UK’s election results “positive for Portugal”, says president
The UK’s election results have been dubbed “positive for Portugal” by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – for the simple fact that they finally clear the way for “an orderly
Unions storm out of negotiations over State Budget, dubbing proposed salary increases “an insult”
With proposals for the government’s 2020 State Budget (OE 2020) being revealed bit by bit in the press, today saw Frente Comum – the Common Front of public sector syndicates
New Argentine government sees Portugal as ‘second gateway to Europe’
Portugal is one of a clutch of European countries that sent representatives to the inauguration of the new president of Argentina this week – in the hope that the future
Portugal’s controversial gas and oil drilling ‘masterplan’ categorically dumped
Portugal’s highly controversial, deeply fought masterplan to sell gas and oil drilling exploration rights north and south over land and sea has finally, categorically, been dumped. Talking to journalists at
Portugal becomes 34th International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance member
Coinciding with the fleeting visit to Portugal of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyhau, Portugal has become the 34th member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The news comes just a
Portugal “resists US appeal to bar Huawei from 5G network”
Portugal won’t exclude Chinese companies from supplying technology for the country’s next generation 5G network. This was billed as the bottom line coming out of a meeting yesterday between senior
Car ‘swallowed by sinkhole’ in Olhão
A parked car has been partially swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up in Olhão early this morning. The hole appears to have been caused by a burst water main.
A22 road deaths followed PSP agent’s ‘order to stop’
Tuesday’s tragic death toll on the A22 motorway near Boliqueime followed indications by a PSP agent for one of the cars to ‘pull over’. Explain reports, the agent who himself
“Baby with no face” doctor has 14 complaints against him
An obstetrician who repeatedly failed to detect that a developing baby had no face (click here) now has 14 separate disciplinary complaints lodged against him. Questioned by a parliamentary committee
“Manifestly deficient” conditions in Faro A&E prompt surgeon boycott
As of today, Sunday December 1, surgeons attached to Faro state hospital’s A&E department have called a boycott on working any ‘extraordinary hours’ (ie overtime). Stress reports, the situation means