Authorities seize seven tonnes of clams “unfit for human consumption” harvested from Tejo river
While millions of tourists stream to Iberian holiday hotspots to enjoy their culinary and other offerings, Portuguese and Spanish law enforcement authorities have taken decisive action against criminals trying to
PS leader writes third letter to prime minister: this time on housing crisis
In yet another apparent attempt to get the prime minister ‘on side’, PS leader José Luís Carneiro has written a third letter to Luís Montenegro, this time on solutions he
Man in 30s “pursued and executed in Póvoa de Varzim”
A man in his 30s was “pursued and executed” with various shots, including one to the head, in a street in Póvoa de Varzim in the early hours of Sunday
Almost 2,000 firefighters battle flames assailing Portugal’s north and centre regions
Almost 2,000 firefighters were battling flames at 4.15 this morning as fires assailing north and central regions show little sign of calming. According to some of the early morning reports,
Six die in brutal accident on IP2 near Castro Verde, Alentejo
A family of emigrés, enjoying a holiday in Portugal from the UK, died in horrendous circumstances when the car they were travelling in came off the road, and burst into
Pilot faints during Barcelona-Porto flight; plane lands normally
A pilot flying for Ryanair, from Barcelona to Porto, suffered a brief fainting spell “but recovered, and the plane landed normally” – which is more that can be said for
Body of missing spear-fisherman recovered in Aljezur
The body of the 28-year-old spear-fisherman who disappeared while on a dive near Ponta da Atalaia (Aljezur) three days ago was found this morning by divers involved in the search.
Constitutional Court VP stirs-up new controversy: Foreigners Law “perfectly reasonable”
Yesterday’s decision by the Constitutional Court has further divided the country – and now it emerges that it was by no means consensual. The vice-president of the court, Gonçalo Almeida
Vila do Bispo migrants all Moroccan: three children remain in hospital
New information from GNR police informs that the migrants – 25 men, six women and seven minors – who arrived by boat in Boca do Rio last night are all
New boatload of migrants arrive on Algarve coast, hours after Constitutional Court’s immigration ‘bombshell’
Two hours after Portugal’s Constitutional Court informed the government that its plans for controlling immigration violated the Constitution (drawn up long before such problems existed), a rickety wooden boat arrived