Hate crimes in Portugal skyrocket in five years
Country records highest number of hate crimes ‘since records began’ Justice Statistics show that authorities in Portugal recorded 421 crimes of inciting hatred in 2024, making it the year with
Armed militia rounded up on Tuesday “planned to invade parliament”
Six arrested men, including PSP chief, spend night in police cells MAL, the acronym for Movimento Armilar Lusitano (Lusitanian Armillary Movement) – dismantled yesterday in a major police swoop, was
“Police Always Present”: Portugal’s summer slogan belies rising tide of violence
Prime minister announces police reinforcements Quietly over the weekend, state news agency Lusa carried a generic text on the start of yet another ‘safe summer’ policing campaign, presenting it as
Algarve murder of 15-year-old looks set finally to see ‘justice’
Brazilian police arrest stepfather who fled nine years on It has taken nine years, but authorities in Brazil have finally moved on the tragic case of Rodrigo Lapa, a 15-year-old
Off-duty police agent stabbed in head in Prior Velho, Loures
Suspects have been ‘intercepted’ by police An off-duty PSP police agent has been stabbed in the head today in what sounds like an incident of ‘road rage’ in Prior Velho,
MPs hurl insults at incoming Portuguese government
Luís Montenegro stands firm, but opening debate distinctly hostile COMMENT: Opposition MPs and party leaders have been spending the day pouring scorn on the incoming government’s programme, accusing social democrats
Portuguese embassy in Tehran closed ‘temporarily’
Repatriation operations continue throughout Middle East The Portuguese government has ordered the temporary closure of the embassy in Tehran and said that repatriation operations are continuing in the Middle East,
Armed far-right militia dismantled in “largest ever operation” of its kind in Portugal
“Quality and diversity of what we seized was surprising” – PJ The dismantling of a far-right armed militia by PJ Judicial Police today was the largest operation of its kind
Government programme under debate: PM faces reality
Legislature “can only last four years with deliberate, active, complicit coalition with main opposition parties“ Parliament is debating the government’s programme today, with the prime minister stating loud and clear
Trend of avoiding news alive and well in Portugal
Women lead way: saturation/ negative effect of news being main reasons for disinterest The trend of avoiding the news continues in Portugal – although with a slight decrease compared to