Middle East war is chance to rethink EU – Porto University rector
The rector of Portugal’s University of Porto, António Sousa Pereira, currently serving his second and final term, said today that the war in the Middle East is “an opportunity” to
Entire country under weather warnings due to ‘Therese’
IPMA, the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere has issued several warnings due to rough seas, sometimes heavy showers accompanied by thunderstorms and wind from today for the entire
PJ police search town halls over suspicions of ‘Christmas lights’ corruption
A mega police operation is said to be underway in various town halls today. The focus is ‘suspicion of corruption in the acquisition of Christmas lights’. Details coming through this
PM puts wind up owner of airports operator: “you can do more/ faster”
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has said today that Vinci – the owner of ANA, the Portuguese airports managing concessionaire, can do “more and faster”. Stressing that in ANA, Vinci has
Portugal won’t be sending any military to help Trump ‘reopen Strait of Hormuz’
“Portugal is not, nor will it be, involved in this conflict”. In a short but fairly explanatory sentence today, foreign minister Paulo Rangel has, in effect, answered the oblique threat
Coimbra students face expulsion following ‘racist and misogynistic’ WhatsApp messages
University heads of department in Coimbra – arguably Portugal’s most prestigious centre of academic excellence – are investigating a series of WhatsApp messages (with images) that have been circulating, and
Secretary of State accused of ‘favouring hospital of friend’
In yet another of its ‘exclusives’ which can have wide-reaching implications, tabloid Correio da Manhã today runs with a story about the secretary of state for health management ostensibly ‘favouring
Fraud: 35 defendants accused of swindling state and EU out of €1.6 million
According to a note published by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Porto district, a company based in Vale de Cambra, its main directors and more than 30 other defendants –
First regional maternity A&E opens in Loures
The first ‘regional gynecological/ obstetric A&E department’ has opened today at the Beatriz Ângelo hospital, in Loures, as part of the health ministry’s solution to the endless constraints that have
“Smile we are being substituted” – outrage as CHEGA embarks on new initiative
CHEGA is back in the ‘headlines’ this week after its youth arm (Juventude CHEGA) took part in “the nation’s largest educational fair” with a stand that pushed the party’s vehement