Inflammable protective snood scandal sees PJ police swoop on government offices
The inflammable protective snood scandal that caused political ructions earlier this summer has seen PJ police mount a series of searches this morning. The focus of activity has been offices
5G rollout: Government delays presentation of ‘strategic plan’
Controversy has soured relations between telecommunications operator Altice and regulating body ANACOM, with the former accusing the latter of delaying the 5G rollout to the point that Portugal is “at
Almost half fleet of ‘new’ ambulances already off service for repairs
Of the 20 new IVECO ambulances delivered to INEM in April, nine are already ‘out of service’, the majority due to electrical problems. INEM has confirmed the situation explaining issues
Avocado overlords face prosecution for stripping protected land in West Algarve
Avocado overlords who have been relentlessly stripping hectares of land northwest of Lagos for a massive new monoculture face prosecution for flouting several embargoes. A report compiled by the CCDR
“Cockroaches and rats the size of rabbits”: Lisbon ‘under attack’
“Urgent! Hundreds/ thousands of cockroaches have appeared in Parque das Nações (near the Ecrã building). They’re going into the shops, climbing into apartments…!” This was just one of the messages
Portuguese ‘actress’ accused of staging live Brexit-bashing TV speech
Portuguese actress Ana Rocha has been accused of staging the impassioned anti-Brexit speech she gave on Sky TV last week. Since hijacking a live TV interview last Wednesday, Rocha has
‘Transgender children must be free to choose which bathrooms they use’ schools told
New rules on gender identity within Portuguese schools are kicking up a stink. Revealed last Thursday, the government’s new directive has enraged the centre right, prompted a petition that has
Skydiver dies in new aerodrome horror: all jumps suspended “for at least two days”
A 19-year-old ‘seasoned skydiver’ died this morning during what otherwise appeared to be a textbook jump from Portimão aerodrome. Explain reports, the youngster’s parachute “opened normally” but there was “a
“Time for this strike is over” government tells striking truckers
“The time for this strike is over”. This is the message of the government following the decision by SIMM (the smallest syndicate involved in the nationwide truckers strike)late last night
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon against extreme right-wing
The much-reviled meeting in Lisbon yesterday (Saturday) of extreme right-wing groups from across Europe saw hundreds take to the streets in protest while only 70 so-called ‘neo-nazis’ actually turned up.