Shooting at Time Out Market, in Lisbon’s Cais de Sodré
Suspects ‘on run’; no injuries Some form of shooting took place early yesterday evening near the Time Out Market in Cais do Sodré, Lisbon, but no-one was hurt. According to
American woman holidaying in Lisbon accuses UBER driver of abduction
Woman says she was kidnapped in early hours, released in Almada An American woman, on holiday in Portugal, has accused the driver of a vehicle operating for the Uber platform
Loures demolitions: Mayor accuses action group of instrumentalising families
Vida Justa “has been prejudicing” people of shanty neighbourhood, “forbidding them talking to council“ The controversy over the demolition of ‘shanty homes’ constructed in the Bairro do Talude Militar, in
Mystery as empty coffin found on wasteground near main road
Pair of gloves and mask found alongside coffin GNR police are investigating the discovery of an empty coffin on wasteground near the EN (national road) 103, between Braga and Póvoa
Brown algae blighting Portugal’s beaches ‘here to stay’
Authorities admit “no known way of stopping it…” Bathers will just have to get used to the thick brown algae that has been blighting beaches in the Algarve* and Cascais.
Minister tries to calm sex education frenzy
“Sex education not disappearing entirely”, Fernando Alexandre assures Education minister Fernando Alexandre has tried to calm the absolute frenzy that erupted since it became clear that certain aspects of ‘sexual
Man detained in Algarve for “illegal permanence in country”
People react to story saying “Why is this news?” There has been widespread ‘surprise’ over a story published on the website of SIC Notícias today, referring to a 26-year-old detained
New income tax tables: “almost everybody gains in August and September”
From October, only salaries and pensions below €870 to be exempt from tax Portugal’s new AD government has put its money where its mouth is with regard to income tax
Brakes applied to authorities’ haste to advance with Albufeira desalination plant
Court suspends public consultation; activists appeal to European entities The considerable antipathy to a government plan for a desalination plant alongside one of the Algarve’s most iconic beaches has scored
Nicole Kidman joins hundreds of thousands requesting residency in Portugal
Hollywood actress already owns apartment in Lisbon, buying second property on Alentejan coast One applicant for Portuguese residency unlikely to be put through the mill is Australian actress Nicole Kidman,