Portugal’s young people find news “biased and boring”
Poll shows Portugal’s youth (like peers in other western countries) get their news from Youtubers and instagrammers An inquiry carried out by the YOUNDigital project concluded that young people in
Major coup as Portugal seizes ‘narco sub’ carrying 7 tonnes of cocaine
Cocaine would have rendered drug ring over €300 million Portuguese authorities are celebrating a major coup: the seizure of their first ‘narco sub’ (a boat made especially to cross the
TAP announces profit of almost €54 million
Profit won’t cover fraction of lawsuits facing national carrier TAP Air Portugal has announced a profit of €53.7 million in 2024 – a drop of 69.7% compared to the previous
EU Commission classifies four mining projects in Portugal as strategic
NGOs and community associations go on attack The European Commission has today announced that it considers four mining projects in Portugal – three for lithium, one for copper – strategic
Portugal embraces ‘cutting-edge’ system to detect, monitor wildfires
FireSat system is “constellation of satellites” providing detailed information in almost real-time Portugal is to carry out tests to assess the effectiveness in rural fire management operations of data provided
PSP alerted to “school massacre” in Santo Tirso
Pupil threatens massacre in series of posts over Instagram A 16-year-old pupil of Escola Tomás Pelayo, in Santo Tirso, sparked panic over the weekend after writing over Instagram that he
Madeleine McCann: race is on to ‘press charges’ on final suspect
German prosecutors denounced Christian Brückner as Madeleine’s abductor/ killer almost five years ago Authorities in Germany are said to be scrambling to come up with an accusation against the ‘final
PM takes out lawsuit against CHEGA’s offending billboards
Montenegro demands CHEGA remove all billboards associating him with José Sócrates Portugal’s caretaker prime minister Luís Montenegro has filed a lawsuit calling for CHEGA to remove all billboard posters associating
Students call for end to tuition fees
Call coincides with PS leader’s accusations that government has increased costs of higher education Well over a thousand students have gathered today in Lisbon’s Rossio square to take part in
Portugal to debate lowering legal blood alcohol level for drivers
Proposal is to reduce level from 0.5 grams per litre to 0.2 Portugal is to debate, in a public consultation, whether to reduce amount of alcohol allowed in drivers’ blood