PM Luís Montenegro announces reprivatisation of 49,9% of TAP
Guarantees ‘if offers aren’t relevant, government may suspend deal altogether‘ In what may be the ‘non-announcement of the day’, prime minister Luís Montenegro has announced the reprivatisation of 49.9% of
Pilot who survived crash that killed five elite GNR firefighters indicted for negligent homicide
Pilot initially told investigators “all instruments failed” Almost a year on from one of the worst losses of life in a single crash of a firefighting aircraft in Portugal, PJ
PSP police ‘torture’: stations searched, arrests warrants issued for two agents
Public prosecutor’s office carrying out searches in Lisbon this morning The Public Prosecutor’s Office is carrying out searches in Lisbon PSP (Public Security Police) stations on suspicion of the committing
Immigrant marriage scam: “Cascais woman married three immigrants”
Network made around €2 million in fraudulent scheme that sold Portuguese nationality Details of the ‘arranged marriages’ scam exposed by PJ police yesterday are now being widely aired. Tabloid Correio
Second emergency medical helicopter scrambled to boost country’s parlous nighttime cover
President Marcelo says he hopes to hear government’s plans for health service fixing A second INEM helicopter has been scrambled to boost the country’s parlous nighttime cover when it comes
Health on life support
Summer has never been ‘a good time’ for Portugal’s SNS state health service: it is traditionally the moment when doctors, surgeons, specialists go on holidays and when millions of visitors
Left-wingers block voting on government’s proposed changes to immigration law
Government, CHEGA want to push through votes before summer recess Bloco de Esquerda has forced the postponement of votes on the specifics of the Government’s proposal that changes the legal
Prosecutors’ strike halts trials across country
Court system has “reached point of complete breakdown”, warns union leader A prosecutors’ strike is cancelling trials and paralysing several courts across the country, according to a source from the
Young woman inadvertently skips all hurdles facing Portugal’s expectant mothers
Goes into hospital complaining of back pain, comes out with a baby… A 33-year-old woman from Valpaços managed to skip all the hurdles facing Portugal’s expectant mothers this week by
Public prosecutors say they too will be appealing sentence freeing man charged with murder
Fernando Valente freed after over 18 months under house arrest Yesterday’s emotional scenes at Aveiro courthouse after the man charged with the murder of missing mother Mónica Silva was cleared