Leixões port ‘likely’ for Europe’s first lithium refinery
Leixões has been ‘chosen’ by the government as a possible site for Europe’s first lithium refinery. Following on from heavy hints given late last year (click here), secretary of state
Mother who left newborn in rubbish ‘to stay in jail’
A writ of habeas corpus, aimed at winning the release from jail of the young Cape Verdian woman who abandoned her newborn son in a recycling bin (click here), has
Heartbreak as 50 families face eviction to make way for new dam
Heartbreak among 50 families due to be forced from their homes to make way for a new hydroelectric dam has seen the local council challenge power giant Iberdrola to start
Web Summit “cost €20 million and isn’t what it was”
Lisbon’s Web Summit – Portugal’s major ‘tech event’ taking place every November for the last four years – has somehow lost its ‘punch’. Say reports, it cost Portuguese ratepayers over
Algarve ‘loses only available children’s ambulance’ – vital for ‘critical’ babies and newborns
The Algarve region has ‘lost the only pediatric ambulance it possesses’. Saudeonline (health website) reports that the ambulance had been out of service since last Monday, and is likely to
Dog owner condemned to pay €22,000 in damages to girl bitten on face
A dog owner – who was seated in the open back of a car with his Bull Terrier when the daughter of (former) friends tried to stroke it and was
Portuguese doctors ‘aren’t open to wonders of medicinal cannabis’
Portuguese doctors aren’t open to the wonders of medicinal cannabis. This is the message coming ahead of a conference in Lisbon this weekend the organisers of which are reaching out
Firefighters attacked in Borba station by group of 20
Borba firefighters attacked in their own station in the early hours of Saturday morning by a group of 20 people of ‘gypsy origin’ are described as “very affected psychologically”’ by
Taxman investigates one million ‘secret accounts’ held abroad by Portuguese nationals … residents, and non-residents
One million ‘secret’ bank accounts held abroad by Portuguese nationals, foreign residents (and foreign non-residents) have ‘bobbed to the surface’ since banks in around 50 countries started ‘sharing information’. Expresso
Asbestos still existing in schools: teachers union to sue State
Teachers union Fenprof has announced that it will be suing the State for forcing its members to continue to take classes in schools blighted by the existence of asbestos. Fenprof’s