Arrábida bridge pronounced ‘safe’ despite falling masonry
Porto’s Arrábida Bridge had to be closed off earlier this week after various pieces of masonry fell onto the road. Following high-profile scare stories on the state of Lisbon’s April
Joe Berardo risks losing honours as country reacts to “vampire” smile
Since his “shocking rudeness” in parliament last week (click here) the country has been reeling over the sheer audacity of a man who appears to think unpaid loans he negotiated –
Demonstrators “demand” 1.5 billion euros ‘illegally held by Novo Banco’
NGOs supportive of Venezuela’s Maduro regime have marched on the Portuguese consulate in Caracas for the second time in the last three months to demand the government release €1.543 billion
Pesticides “forbidden in Portugal” detected in groundwater. Intensive agriculture to blame
The first study of its kind to be undertaken by a government agency in Portugal has detected the presence, in unidentified areas, of prohibited pesticides in ‘subterranean waters’. The pesticides,
Poisonous ‘Portuguese men o’ war’ invade Caparica beaches
Seasonal tides have brought an ‘invasion’ of jellyfish – including the poisonous ‘Portuguese men o’ war’ that trail long tentacles, able to kill a fish with just one sting, and
Portuguese gold reserves increase in value by 481 million euros
The increase in the value of the dollar in 2018 saw a hike in the price of gold. For Portugal this ‘hike’ took the value of reserves up very nicely
‘Portuguese’ pilot shot down over Libya “could face death penalty”
The bizarre case of the so-called Portuguese pilot shot down over Tripoli earlier this week seems to be careering towards a cliff-edge. Initially reports coming out of Libya suggested Jimmy
Hot weather weekend: Civil Protection issues alert. Bonfires ‘out of the question’
A wave of uncharacteristically hot weather starting today has seen the country put on concerted fire alert, and special forces ‘pre-positioned’ to protect areas where risks are greatest. Civil Protection
Former housing boss delivers Pedrógão Grande ‘dossier of deceit’
A damning dossier of deceit, revealing a scandalous level of fraud in the ‘post-fire’ rebuilding programme of 2017, has been delivered to the Attorney General’s Office, the Accounts Court, MPs
Mentally-ill Brit admits battering pensioner mother to death and dousing body in acid
In a harrowing day in court a mentally-ill Briton who lived and grew up in the Algarve has admitting battering his mother to death while high on drugs – inflicting