Missing Maddie investigation has new suspect ‘in the frame’
Friday May 3 has seen the habitual flurry of news stories on missing Madeleine McCann – but nothing has been more ‘sensational’ than the report in a Portuguese tabloid newspaper
Murder inquiry launched as Algarve mother-of-two is discovered dead in Vila Real de Santo António
A 37-year-old mother of two children was discovered dead in her home in Vila Real de Santo António yesterday (Thursday) morning. Initial reports suggested that Sónia Ribeiro had been shot.
Teachers’ ‘win’ pay battle victory as minority parties back their cause
Key government ministers are locked in a meeting this morning deciding what to do over the ‘victory’ delivered to the nation’s teachers yesterday by minority parties in parliament (see update
Major alert as Lisbon and Faro airports ‘run out of fuel’
Easter flight misery looks like hitting early this year with the statement by ANA airports authority this morning that its Lisbon and Faro complexes have run out of fuel. On
Another electric tram accident in Lisbon injures seven ‘mainly foreign’ passengers
“Another electric tram accident” in Lisbon today has seen a number of light injuries to passengers involved. Some reports suggest six people were injured, others put the number at seven;
Luxurious Algarve resort wants to become Portugal’s ‘Abbey Road’
It’s an ambitious plan to do away with the frustrating reality of the Algarve’s ‘low season’ when hotels close, staff are laid off and parts of the region take on
First of over 1000 refugees arrive in Portugal from Turkey
Fourteen Syrian and Iraqi refugees, including six children, arrived in Lisbon this week after leaving Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a Portuguese refugee resettlement programme for 2018-2019 supported by UNHCR,
IMF director believes Brexit might cause a stampede of parents-in-law
IMF director Christine Lagarde has given her own twist on what Brexit could mean for Portugal. It’s a far cry from the mutual agreements forged to maintain the status quo
“Frustrated” doctors threaten new forms of strike action
“The health ministry seems to be pushing doctors into a strike they don’t want”. This was the view of syndicates following a meeting yesterday (Wednesday) with health minister Marta Temido
Easter holidays bring “mass of cold air” and wind
Anyone heading for the beach as schools break up had better have warm clothes to the ready – the forecast for the next 10 days is dire: lots of ‘instability’