Health regulators detect failings in hospitals throughout country, highlighting sub-optimum care in Portimão
Heath regulators have detected failings in hospitals throughout the country, citing two particularly that ended in patients’ deaths: one in the north, the other in Portimão. Both cases relate to
Children at risk from deluge of toxic Chinese toys, says report
A report has warned that the health of children throughout the European Union is at risk due to a deluge of toxic toys – the majority of them made of
‘Lithium fever’ brings new revelations by the day – as well as quite a few insults
The sudden zeal for all things lithium is gripping the country. After Secretary of State for Energetic Transition João Galamba announced plans for Europe’s first lithium refinery, to be sited
PJ hones in on ‘sinister unbelly’ of pork knuckle business between Portugal and Venezuela
Almost two years since the story was mooted by an ‘alternative news channel’, mainstream media in Portugal is catching up with the web of intrigue involving the export of tons
Woman found dead in Faro hairdressers “in scene of great violence”
A 68-year-old woman has been found dead today (Thursday) inside a Faro hairdresser’s in a scenario “showing clear signs of violence”. Everything points to the victim having been murdered. The
Developers present revised plan to build three hotels in Portimão
After receiving a resounding ‘thumbs down’ around five months ago (click here), developers have presented a new environmental impact study for a revised plan to build three five-star hotels in
Cabify smartphone taxi service quits Portugal
Cabify – one of the first smartphone taxi services to arrive in Portugal – is shutting up shop after “failing to meet its objectives”. The Spanish transportation network company started
Nurses threaten new forms of industrial action
The group of nurses that advanced last year with crippling ‘surgical strikes’ – focused on boycotting programmed surgeries – are preparing a return to industrial action. Vowing it will be
Porto airport borders control inspectors “exhausted”, says union
SEF border control guards at Porto airport are exhausted due to overly demanding working conditions and the fact that flights into the city are increasing all the time. Acácio Pereira,
Portuguese work “more than the European average”
Portuguese people work roughly two years more than the ‘European average’. In real terms, this means workers here work roughly 38 years, as opposed to workers in countries like Italy