Portuguese students join global movement for the climate
Portuguese students have joined the growing global youth movement in support of the climate. Today in Portugal hundreds of students will be converging in various spots to raise awareness of
Seven in 10 Portuguese families “live with financial difficulties”
Seven out of 10 Portuguese families are living with financial difficulties. Months ahead of elections following four years in which austerity has ostensibly been rolled back, people are still battling
“Bombshell” documentary claims Madeleine McCann “is still alive”
Yet another documentary is being trailed today on what really happened to Madeleine McCann. And according to this latest ‘blockbuster’ – to be delivered in eight hour-long episodes by Netflix
Parents mobilise against government’s ‘slap-in-face’ over home-schooling
A new law threatens home-schooling in Portugal. This at least is the claim of Home Schooling Legal Defense Association which reports this week that families are fighting back. The gist
Portugal forges ahead on ‘future relationship’ with UK in spite of Brexit hiatus
With the future of Brexit as clear as proverbial mud, Portugal is wasting no time in efforts to ensure that the futures of Brits living in Portugal and Portuguese living
Algarve mayors approve 50% price reduction for bus and train passes
In a bid to encourage more people to use the Algarve’s public transport networks, AMAL – the association of 16 regional borough councils – has voted unanimously for a 50%
Portugal “in advanced talks with Germany to relocate thousands of refugees”
In what sets out to be an upbeat news story on how Lisbon “has become the most welcoming place for refugees” in an increasingly apathetic Europe, television news channel Aljazeera
Yet another fatal accident in Aljustrel mines
Wednesday afternoon saw yet another man die in a work-related accident in mines in the Alentejan area of Aljustrel. The latest tragedy comes weeks after two men were killed in
US pressures Portugal over Huawei’s involvement in 5G network
According to various stories in the press today, the USA is putting pressure on Portugal to ditch Huawei from its developing 5G telecoms network. Indeed, some media sources have gone
“Total surprise” as seven mobile phones and ‘quantity of drugs’ discovered in man’s anus
Prison authorities in Guarda registered “total surprise” when they ordered x-rays of a prisoner, returning from a short furlough.The exam showed: “Not one, not two but seven old-fashioned mobile phones,