British Empire Medal for founder of Algarve’s ‘firefighter support brigade’
With the critical season for wildfires well and truly upon us – and fire stations up and down the country on heightened alert – news broke over the weekend that
Maternity unit in Portimão closes due to lack of doctors
The maternity unit in Portimão has been forced to close till next Tuesday (June 11) due to lack of doctors (specialists in pediatrics). All ‘at risk’ pregnant women have been
Parliament votes for government to declare “state of climate emergency”
Against the “systematic opposition” of ruling PS Socialists, parliament today has approved the bulk of draft resolutions presented by ‘left wingers’ Bloco de Esquerda and animal rights party PAN calling
Mayor of Pedrógão Grande cited in probe into alleged ‘fires rebuilding fiddle’
It has taken months of ‘media exposés’ and insinuations but the mayor of Pedrógão Grande – the borough devastated by wildfires that killed 66 people and injured 253 two years
New association seeks justice for former Alisuper workers “forced to take out loans”
The former employees of the Alicoop group who have been hounded for years due to debts that they say are no longer their responsibility have formed an association to “defend
Salesman’s motorway tolls ‘bill’ leaps from €400 to €31,000
Insurance salesman Herculano Soldador is living a motorway tolls nightmare. Somehow, he overlooked 64 occasions where he passed through a toll without paying for it. The €400 cost has since
Cruise-ships put Lisbon in 6th place on pollution ranking
Lisbon’s zeal to attract cruise ships has paid off in economic spades, but there is a major flip side: pollution. According to a study, the capital is now the 6th
130,000 foreigners ‘are waiting for Portuguese nationality’
With the number of foreigners applying for Portuguese nationality – among them Brexit-fleeing Brits – increasing all the time, the government has decided to simplify the process by opening it
Trouble for TAP: arbitrary selective bonuses of €1.7 million raise storm
The decision by the CEO of national airline TAP to award selective bonuses to his ‘top brass’ of €1.7 million in a year when the company made losses of a
MP who negotiated massive pay increases for judiciary “is married to a judge”
With a new ‘controversy’ surrounding the vote in parliament last week to massively increase judges’ salaries, two newspapers have revealed that the MP coordinating the commission that proposed the change