Portugal’s unusually wet winter sees highest level of daily deaths since pandemic
Between January 1 and March 31 average of 373 people died per day The first three months of 2025 have seen a daily ‘death average’ only topped by the worst
PSP police arrest over 300 in first three days of Easter operation
Operation Safe Easter runs until April 21 Portugal’s PSP police force is out in force over Easter, checking on drivers’ behaviour particularly: 307 were arrested between last Friday and this
Government’s electoral programme gets similar lacklustre response to that of PS
Pundits unimpressed; PS denounces it as “hoax”/ “fantasy” This weekend saw the initial response to the government’s electoral programme, presented on Friday at the Lisbon Congress Centre – and it
Shhhh… Portugal heading for four years of deficit
Government insists “there will be no deficit”, but we are in an election campaign Tucked well into the back pages today is the news that the “next government that results
Church hands 15 properties over for €230,000 – without telling vulnerable tenants
Properties were ‘exchanged’ for single studio apartment “that hasn’t even been built…” Vulnerable families in Porto have been shocked to discover that the Church (their supposed landlord) has handed over
Latest poll puts Socialists in lead; new revelations add to PM’s ‘company woes’
Expresso claims one of PM’s former company’s largest clients is major-league PSD donor As hard as it is to ‘think national’ when the wider world appears to be spinning out
Appeal court judges confirm 10-year jail term for corruption of former minister of economy
Manuel Pinho’s lawyer has written a book focusing on his client’s innocence… Lisbon Appeal Court judges today have confirmed the 10-year prison sentence delivered to former economy minister Manuel Pinho
USA cancels programmes at top Portuguese universities – sending “intolerable” questions probing terrorist links
President Trump’s campaign against diversity continues to encroach into Portuguese life The ‘looming Trump-berg’ that we talked about only a few days ago has now shut down various programmes at
Portugal’s 2% NATO spending ‘brought forward from 2029’ – but no-one’s saying any more
2% target already recognised by NATO secretary general as ‘much too low’ Portugal’s prime minister has at last conceded that Portugal will be bringing forward the target – already universally
Government prepares €10 billion in counter-measures to protect businesses against Trump’s tariffs
“Sometimes, even with great friends, we have differences” – PM Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro has announced a set of measures this afternoon “totalling more than €10 billion” to respond