Creeping ‘age crisis’ within PSP police force
Around a third aged between 50-59, almost half over-40 Age and recruitment appear to be the creeping crises affecting PSP police – the force that works in urban areas. According
PM insists need for housing ‘much too great to depend on banking dividends’
Portugal’s election campaign struggles for attention under tariff spotlight With so much chaos from America flooding the news pages, the fact that Portugal is yet again facing legislative elections is
Government meets to discuss “possible responses to tariffs” as President Trump backpedals
Brussels applauds President Trump’s 90-day reprieve Government ministers are meeting today to discuss the whole issue of tariffs in light of conversations it has had with the business sector. The
Restaurant boss bludgeoned to death after ‘resisting’ robbery in Mortágua
Luís Dâmaso was dead by time authorities reached scene A man in his 50s was bludgeoned to death yesterday afternoon by men who burst in to the Lagoa Azul restaurant
PJ’s prison corruption swoop uncovers “clandestine drug production laboratory”
Flat in Lisbon “functioned exclusively as laboratory” PJ judicial police have dismantled a clandestine drug production laboratory operating out of a flat in Lisbon. The discovery came during the operation
US pressure on Portuguese businesses to drop ‘diversity’ programmes sharply rebuffed
“Now is moment to take strong stand” The extraordinarily poorly reported pressure being exerted by the United States on European companies to drop diversity programmes has been sharply rebuffed by
Tariff turmoil just tip of looming Trump-berg
Portugal discovers tariffs “not the only problem” With the world in turmoil over the looming list of tariffs promised by Donald Trump, Portugal has discovered the nightmare is just beginning.
Prison guards among those arrested in police operation targeting seven prisons
Operation Black Market investigates “alleged criminal project” Thirteen people, two of them prison guards, have been arrested as part of a police operation in seven prisons today. At issue are
Interim report estimates 15% of Portuguese population are foreigners
Report on migrant backlog shows foreigners living in Portugal in 2024 leapt to 1.6 million Portuguese authorities estimate that there were almost 1.6 million foreign nationals living in Portugal in
Tariffs timeline: Europe votes today on first phase of retaliatory response to US
“Washington not interested in Europe’s proposal for zero-for-zero tariffs“ With EU stock markets plunging again today as President Donald Trump imposes a new level of tariffs on China (taking the