Five teenage pupils injured after bus bursts into flames on A5 motorway
Three of the injured treated in hospital, for smoke inhalation/ anxiety Five teenage pupils were injured this afternoon after a bus caught fire on the busy A5 motorway between Lisbon
House prices in Portugal rise 10.3% in 2024
Prices have already increased “three times more than anywhere else in Europe“ The average price of homes sold in Portugal increased by 10.3% in 2024 compared to the previous year,
Study shows Australian wasp can safely control acacia spread
Study has already released wasps “in various locations along Portuguese coastline” A study led by the University of Coimbra has confirmed the ecological safety of the first biological control agent
Government asks Brussels to trigger defence spending exception clause
Portugal inches towards increasing defence spending to potential of 3% Portugal’s government is going to ask the European Commission to activate the clause that allows an exception to compliance with
All roads lead to Rome: Portugal joins throng of world leaders attending Pope’s funeral
Portugal marks Pope’s death with three days of national mourning from tomorrow The highest figures in the Portuguese state will be joining world leaders in Rome on Saturday for the
Idea to name park after Pope Francis gains traction
Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas has proposed renaming of Parque Tejo, Parque Papa Francisco Socialists on Lisbon City Council have supported the proposal by social democrat mayor Carlos Moedas to name
Chief guard at Tires women’s prison “removed” due to suspicions of ‘serious offences’
Male guard is being “immediately returned” to Carregueira (male) prison The chief prison guard removed from Tires women’s prison, where a strike has been called today, is suspected of “sufficiently
Durão Barroso, former European Commission president, weighs into defence dithering
Warns of fragmentation in speech at Military Academy in Amadora Former Portuguese political heavyweight, Durão Barroso, has weighed into the defence spending debate today, saying the fundamental problem in Europe
Wildfire land clearance: government extends deadline to May 31
Almost 1,000 “priority parishes” identified for inspections, 14 in Algarve The government has extended the deadline for landowners to clear their land ahead of the summer wildfire season by another
International Space University keen to create centre in Portugal
ISU highlights Portugal’s aerospace potential Portugal could soon host a centre of the International Space University (ISU), the only academic institution dedicated exclusively to education and training in the field