State loses track of 170 works of art “of great historical importance”
“Location unknown”. These are the stark words now tagged alongside 170 ‘public’ works of art of ‘great historical importance’. Expresso broke this story late on Friday but to be fair
Parliament accuses Bank of Portugal of “violating the law”
MPs across the board are accusing the Bank of Portugal of violating the law. This is the latest chapter in the Herculean struggle to get information on which national banks
Taxi app businesses in corruption crackdown: hundreds of ‘dodgy licences’ issued
Hundreds of dodgy licences have been issued to drivers working for ‘taxi app’ businesses in Portugal. This is the claim today after yet another judicial police investigation started rounding-up ‘official
PM Costa fires broadside at ‘parliamentary man’ gunning to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels
Portugal’s prime minister António Costa has delivered a broadside to the man Angela Merkel is said to be supporting to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission. Almost
Disinterest and distrust: European elections get record levels of abstention
Portuguese voters showed a combination of disinterest and distrust in last Sunday’s European elections. Abstention-levels nudged 70% as many preferred the lure of the beach, while a ‘surprising’ number of
Miss Hitler 2019 contest – organised by Portuguese
Portuguese ‘revisionist’ João Branco is the organiser – or certainly one of the organisers – of this year’s Miss Hitler 2019 contest. Dubbed by Expresso as a ‘beauty contest’, it
New civic association calls for elections boycott over plans for open-pit lithium mine
Association Montalegre Com Vida (Montalegre with Life) is the latest civic protest against government-backed plans, this time for an open-pit lithium mine covering three parishes in Vila Real. Organisers are
NGO warns Portugal is “living on water it doesn’t have”
Portugal is living on water it doesn’t have. The message comes on World Biodiversity Day from ANP/ WWF, the Portuguese branch of international NGO World Wildlife Fund which is trying
NOS carries out first public test of 5G in Portugal, using Huawei technology
Portuguese telecommunications operator NOS has carried out the first public test demonstrating the powers of a 5G network in Portugal. Using Huawei technology – and poo-pooing the ‘cold war’ at
Cats must be chipped “three months from birth”, the rest by 2021
A new law regulating the microchipping of the nation’s cats is on the way, obliging all cats to be chipped by 2021. Kittens born once the law is rubber-stamped will