First casualty in government’s ‘happy families’ row
There are now so many family ties in the PS Socialist government that ministers themselves are being taken by surprise. At least this is the story coming out today as
President Marcelo under mounting pressure to establish fate of kidnapped Portuguese businessman
With Portuguese troops and humanitarian workers now returned from the cyclone-relief effort mounted in Mozambique, the tables have turned on a mystery that simply won’t go away. Almost three years
ISIS brides and 20 children to be repatriated to Portugal
“Great secrecy” surrounds plans underway to bring ISIS brides, a grandmother and 20 children to Portugal. The women and the children are currently in three detention camps in Syria, reports
SEF boosts border guards following complaints about endless passenger queues
Officially, today’s boost of 55 border guards at the country’s four main airports is down to the start of the summer season. Unofficially, it is being seen as a response
Public consultation period opens on new touristic plan for Ria do Alvor
Another company, another plan – but development of some form or other now is inching closer at Quinta da Rocha, the 200-hectare waterside property on the Alvor estuary that was
Wildfire alert till next Monday: 2019 “has already seen over 1000 fires and three deaths”
Firefighters throughout the country are on ‘red-alert’ till Monday – with populations warned to be extra careful – as the combination of drought and rising temperatures has already seen significant
Six chain-stores operating in Portugal accused of price-fixing
Portugal’s competition authority has reportedly accused “six big supermarket chains of illegally fixing prices for some drinks, in collusion with three beverage suppliers”. The story – picked up by international
Água de Monchique helps Mozambique relief effort
Last Friday’s World Water Day was commemorated by Algarve mineral water company Água de Monchique by giving a €5000 donation to the Portuguese Red Cross cyclone relief effort ongoing in
TAP returns to eye-watering losses
After managing to turn a profit in 2017 following the stop-start process of ‘privatisation’ (reversed at the last minute), Portuguese airline TAP is back to recording eye-watering losses. But it’s
Grisly find of male fetus prompts new PJ investigation
Earlier this month it was the severed head of an unknown woman discovered in a plastic bag near a popular beach (click here), this time it is a decomposed male