Portuguese peace-keeping troops leave for Romania
7th National Force Detachment will be in Romania for six months Two hundred Army and Navy personnel of the 7th National Force Detachment for Romania bid farewell to Lisbon for
Portugal’s crackdown on drug trafficking brings new arrests
16 arrested in Alentejo, seven customs officials in Sines Authorities’ crackdown on drug trafficking in Portugal has brought news of new arrests through the weekend, including those of five customs
Bank of Portugal employee arrested on arrival at Lisbon airport
Man is 7th to be arrested in ‘Nexus’ PRR corruption probe PJ police have arrested a 7th person – an employee at the country’s central bank – suspected of being
Portugal (and Europe) take Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat in stride
No histrionics as US president threatens 30% tariffs on European Union Portugal has reacted calmly to today’s announcement by Donald Trump that the United States will be imposing tariffs of
Resorts with private beaches told to ‘snap out of it’
Authorities swoop on Troia-Melides coastal stretch; find 10 beaches with “conditioned access” News this week that will buoy Algarve residents concerned by activity ‘conditioning access to beaches’ is that environment
Algarve pressure group cheered as official review balks at Cachopo Wind Farm project
CARE has already warned about “disguised industrial operation threatening local autonomy and future of rural Portugal” A recent official opinion has raised serious concerns about the Cachopo Wind Farm project
More than million people must ‘update details’ to stay eligible for state healthcare
Text messages to be sent out from Tuesday until end of July More than a million people will start being notified, via SMS (text messages) from Tuesday, to complete missing
Trial of former PM sees him fined around €1,000
Sócrates’ bid to remove presiding judge backfires The opening days of the corruption trial of former PS Socialist prime minister José Sócrates have been peppered with tensions that came to
Handlers announce five weekends of strikes at all Portugal’s airports
Workers at SPdH/Menzies (formerly Groundforce) will be on strike on the last weekend-plus of July and the last four weekends of August, according to a notice issued by the Metal
Opposition fails to see point of government’s TAP reprivatisation announcement
IL says government should be selling 100%; other parties question “hurry” Today’s announcement by the prime minister that the government is preparing to ‘sell’ 49.9% of TAP (but won’t do