Bank of Portugal director suspected of corruption
Carlos Moura suspected in multi-million ‘rigging’ probe One of the Bank of Portugal’s senior directors has been made an official suspect in Operation Pactum – the probe that ‘burst onto
Murder trial ‘behind closed doors’ condemned as “affront to press freedom”
Family’s lawyer to appeal court’s intention to bar press and public from hearing The decision by Aveiro court to hear the murder trial of still-missing-pregnant mother Mónica Silva behind closed
Portugal’s top bishop compares US president Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler
“People need to stand up”, D. José Ornelas tells Rádio Renascença Portugal’s top bishop has compared what one newspaper calls “the positions of United States president Donald Trump” with those
Irish woman takes Portugal to European Court of Human Rights for failure to properly investigate her rape in Praia da Rocha over 20 years ago
Hazel Behan believes condemned rapist cited in missing Madeleine case was her attacker Hazel Behan, the Irish woman whose name resurfaced in the media following German police’s citing of Christian
TAP “aware of strange smells on aircraft”, forcing emergency landings
Airline stresses issue “transversal to sector”; only affects “tiny percentage of flights” Following on from the latest emergency landing prompted by ‘fumes’ (rather, ‘very bad smells), Portugal’s flag carrier, TAP
Government signs contracts for 3,300 palliative care beds
Need for palliative care beds in Portugal is immense Portugal’s caretaker government has signed 90 financing contracts today, worth €88 million, to create 3,300 places in the national palliative care
TAP Airbus in emergency landing due to “inhalation of inadequate odours”
Two people assisted due to “inhalation” In yet another strange case of ‘bad smells’ affecting TAP aircraft, a TAP Airbus A320 has had to make an emergency landing in Porto
Portuguese F-16s intercept Russian aircraft flying over Baltic “without complying with international regulations”
Mission took place as part of Operation Enhanced Air Policing 2025 Two Portuguese F-16Ms were activated earlier this week to intercept a Russian aircraft flying over international airspace and not
Beach surveillance stepped up for Easter break
Coastguard rescue service “recognises people may want to go into sea” As Easters go this one definitely won’t be one with sweltering temperatures, but authorities have at least anticipated the
US pulls plug on Portuguese wines
With every day bringing another slant on the so-called reciprocal tariffs threatened by US president Donald Trump, the greatest damage so far has been done to Portuguese – and wider