‘Portuguese’ pilot shot down over Libya “could face death penalty”
The bizarre case of the so-called Portuguese pilot shot down over Tripoli earlier this week seems to be careering towards a cliff-edge. Initially reports coming out of Libya suggested Jimmy
Hot weather weekend: Civil Protection issues alert. Bonfires ‘out of the question’
A wave of uncharacteristically hot weather starting today has seen the country put on concerted fire alert, and special forces ‘pre-positioned’ to protect areas where risks are greatest. Civil Protection
Former housing boss delivers Pedrógão Grande ‘dossier of deceit’
A damning dossier of deceit, revealing a scandalous level of fraud in the ‘post-fire’ rebuilding programme of 2017, has been delivered to the Attorney General’s Office, the Accounts Court, MPs
Mentally-ill Brit admits battering pensioner mother to death and dousing body in acid
In a harrowing day in court a mentally-ill Briton who lived and grew up in the Algarve has admitting battering his mother to death while high on drugs – inflicting
New law “will hide MPs’ wealth”
Front page news today centres on a new law that “will make it difficult to verify the wealth and income of anyone exercising political office or holding a high public
‘New suspect’ in Maddie case is German child-killer questioned over little boy who went missing from Aljezur in 1996
The snowball effect of Correio da Manhã’s revelations on the 12th anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have now seen multiple news sources name the ‘new suspect’ identified by
Political crisis threatened over teachers vote ‘appears to be fizzling out’
Just as pundits predicted, the ‘political crisis’ that saw PM António Costa address the nation on Friday evening, threatening to resign, appears already to be ‘fizzling out’. Centre right parties
Police ‘catch’ speedboat carrying almost 3 tons of hashish – but don’t have vehicles to respond to “simple theft”
Algarve GNR have had ‘altos e baixos’ this week: an incredible drug haul was celebrated in the east near Vila Real de Santo António, while a ‘simple theft’ from a
Association seeks to support migrant and refugee ‘entrepreneurs’
With more than 420,000 migrants registered in Portugal and 1,600 refugees ‘dispersed throughout the country’ a new association is seeking to support and promote the winning ideas of ‘new arrivals’.
Virgin Voyages ‘Scarlet Lady’ (adults only) cruise ship recruits in Portugal
Anyone looking for a rather different kind of job might think this is it: Virgin Voyages is launching a new kind of cruise ship next year – one that promises










