Monday, Tuesday declared ‘holidays’ for civil service thanks to Carnival
Dovetailing neatly with three days of strike action mounted by civil servants this week (running from Wednesday to Friday), Monday and Tuesday next week will also be ‘days off’ for
Strike by Civil Service Technical Assistants affects services across country
The service centre at the Social Security headquarters in Lisbon is closed today due to the strike by technical assistants, which is also affecting consultation and examination services at the
Influencer who laughed about hit-and-run travels to Angola for ‘security reasons’
Tiago Grila, now identified by police, claims he has received “many threats” A ‘famous Portuguese influencer’ has become even more notorious in recent days, following his admission in a podcast
Macron received with military honours in Lisbon
French president accompanied on trip with his wife, Brigitte French President Emmanuel Macron was received with military honours today by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in Lisbon’s Praça do Império,
Landfill sites throughout country ‘close to their limits’
Algarve’s sites in similar dilemma Landfill sites all over the country are reaching their limits: and with this development come myriad problems. Do municipalities build more? Do they extend the
Repair work to stanch leaks from Algarve’s Bravura dam finally gets underway
Bravura has stood out as dam that “never seems to recover from rain” Work is to begin on “stopping current water leaks” from the Algarve’s Bravura dam. According to a
Lithium fury: Portuguese government cites “public interest” in exploration
Citizens say government “has lost legitimacy to represent public” Rural communities fighting off lithium exploration in the district of Vila Real feel completely abandoned by the government. The latest battle
“Cannons and butter” – increasing defence spending doesn’t signal end of welfare state
Former defence chief of staff calls for ‘intelligence’ Former Chief of Defence Staff Henrique Gouveia e Melo has rejected the idea that increasing defence spending in Portugal means cutting back
PS leader: “If I was PM of course I would (have been) in Kyiv…”
Why is Portugal’s government so quiet about defence policies, queries opposition PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos has reacted to the fact that Portugal was missing from the video conference of
Overdose deaths increase by 16%: cocaine is drug most responsible for mortality in Portugal
Overdose deaths increased by 16% in 2023 compared to the previous year, totalling 80, the latest annual from the Institute for Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies (ICAD) reveals today, highlighting an