‘Transgender children must be free to choose which bathrooms they use’ schools told
New rules on gender identity within Portuguese schools are kicking up a stink. Revealed last Thursday, the government’s new directive has enraged the centre right, prompted a petition that has
Skydiver dies in new aerodrome horror: all jumps suspended “for at least two days”
A 19-year-old ‘seasoned skydiver’ died this morning during what otherwise appeared to be a textbook jump from Portimão aerodrome. Explain reports, the youngster’s parachute “opened normally” but there was “a
“Time for this strike is over” government tells striking truckers
“The time for this strike is over”. This is the message of the government following the decision by SIMM (the smallest syndicate involved in the nationwide truckers strike)late last night
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon against extreme right-wing
The much-reviled meeting in Lisbon yesterday (Saturday) of extreme right-wing groups from across Europe saw hundreds take to the streets in protest while only 70 so-called ‘neo-nazis’ actually turned up.
Brit, 26, fighting for life in Madeira after falling two-storeys from hotel balcony
A young British trainee firefighter is fighting for his life in Madeira after an unexplained fall from a hotel balcony. 26-year-old Oliver Hillier has had emergency surgery and is in
British holidaymakers warned Portugal’s looming strike ‘threatens huge travel disruption’
British holidaymakers are being warned of the dire consequences of Portugal’s looming truckers’ strike, days before it has even started. Just as local Portuguese started a ‘rush to the pumps’
New mystery as second floating body discovered, this time in Faro
There is further mystery in the Algarve this weekend as a second anonymous ‘floater’ has been found, without any missing person report having been filed. The ‘new’ body was discovered
Body discovered with ‘axe lodged in head’: authorities “suspect aggression”
The body of a man with an axe lodged in his head has been found in a private house in Pereira, a parish in the borough of Barcelos. Authorities “suspect
Revive programme bags over million euros in rent from ‘rundown monuments’
The Revive Programme – designed to recover rundown monuments while keeping them in State ownership – has bagged over a million euros in rental income from just 17 sites. With
And Portugal’s most dangerous road is…
Portugal ‘most dangerous road’ is not the EN125 – despite what Algarvians may think. There are far more scary thoroughfares, most of them in the Lisbon area – the absolute