PJ swoops on suspected “criminal network recruiting women to marry immigrants”
Fifty-five people arrested PJ judicial police have led a swoop on various homes and premises this morning targeting an alleged criminal network that has allegedly been recruiting women to marry
Hospital emergency service for pregnant women “closes for 10 days”
Barreiro Hospital just doesn’t have the staff The country’s crisis in the provision of basic health care took another lurch south this morning with the closure of a hospital emergency
Tax office portal offers two-step verification
Taxpayers can opt in to system from today Starting today, the tax office (AT) portal is offering a reinforced authentication system for taxpayers to access their personal page by sending
It’s official: Portugal “one of worst countries to try to live on minimum wage”
Study shows Portugal at bottom end of European league table A study by Gisma University of Applied Sciences has shown what everyone in Portugal has been saying for years: this
Lisbon’s cycle paths are far from ‘safe’: 22% ranked “high/ extreme risk”
Majority of cycle paths pose “medium risk” to users A study on the safety of approximately 50 kms of Lisbon’s cycle network indicates that 22.09% (11 kms) pose high or
PJ police search Bank of Portugal for second time in three months
… and new defendant works in same department targeted in April The Bank of Portugal is among a number of institutions targeted by PJ police today in one of the
Murder-without-body trial delivers “not guilty verdict”
Former lover of pregnant Mónica Silva walks free to “disbelief” of missing woman’s family A court in Aveiro today freed Fernando Valente, the man held under house arrest since 2023
News in brief on Tuesday morning:
Prison break Two men are back behind bars following an escape using a rope from Alcoentre jail (Lisbon district), aided by the fact that the watchtower was unmanned. The men
Hundreds of inspectors descend on Porto University/ INEM
Suspicions of “tens of millions of euros” in ‘purchasing racket’ More than 300 inspectors from PJ judicial police, Porto’s Public Prosecutor’s Office and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office are searching
Ombudsman finds “serious failings” in PSP “hands-on-wall” operation
PM said he felt PSP police “acted well” in Martim Moniz Following on from the demonstrations of fury and outrage, and endless highly critical column inches, the Ombudsman’s Office has