Association calls on France to honour “Portuguese hero”
Lino Sousa Loureiro died trying to defend police from terrorist attack The International Association of Portuguese Descendants (AILD) has called on French authorities to recognise the “heroic act” of 69-year-old
Immigration agency’s ‘new intake’ already putting in for transfers
Union blames “absence of consistent immigration policy” While immigrants continue to complain about the service (or rather, lack of it) at AIMA – the agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum
Former banker Salgado, suffering from Alzheimer’s, faces new trial
Ricardo Salgado to be tried for two further crimes, this time tax fraud The pursuit of former banker Ricardo Salgado, these days debilitated by Alzheimer’s disease, continues – in spite
Road deaths: half involve ‘two-wheeled vehicles’
48 deaths on Portugal’s roads in first 46 days of 2025 In the first 46 days of this year, 48 people died on Portuguese roads. It is not an unusual
Community fighting off lithium exploration accuse government of acting in bad faith
And mining company of “criminal behaviour” and fake news Rural communities fighting off lithium exploration in Covas do Barroso and Romainho have issued a new statement today, following a great
Justice minister denies her companies would benefit from land law revisions
CHEGA continues to pursue PM meantime for further clarity on family business interests The cluster-shambles the government has managed to create around accusations of possible conflicts of interest – particularly
Portuguese experts talk-up threat of ‘bird flu’
President of public health society, and former director of health, warn of new epidemic/ pandemic Five years after the first cases of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 were confirmed in
Former PM convenes European Council summit on Ukraine war
António Costa calls extraordinary summit for March 6 Just as yet another country in the bloc turns right in legislative elections (away from the left-wing ‘bubble’ of recent times), Portugal’s
Government survives motion of censure, but many questions remain
PM refuses to dissolve family company, or name clients As expected yesterday evening, the government ‘survived’ the motion of censure lodged by right-wing party CHEGA, but many questions remain about
Portuguese, 69, killed trying to intervene in France knife attack
A Portuguese man, aged 69, died this afternoon after purposely putting himself between an Algerian citizen, armed with a knife, and police officers whom he was threatening to attack, in