Most companies disagree with four-day week
Seven out of 10 Portuguese companies are against implementing the four-day week, especially in commerce, industry and construction, and 71% of those that agree, say that the measure should be
Fuel hike “insufficient to warrant government intervention”
Portugal’s prime minister said today that this week’s rise in fuel prices is not enough to “cause a stir from the point of view of the government’s action” but that
Sapper firefighters “absolutely and unequivocally” reject government’s ‘final offer’
The National Firefighters’ Union (SNBS) has announced that it absolutely and unequivocally rejects the government’s final offer for a remuneration status for the career – considering it “unfair, harmful and
Beja Food Bank loses 600 litres of olive oil in overnight raid
The facilities of the Food Bank Against Hunger (BACF) in Beja were raided overnight, with 600 litres of olive oil being stolen, worth an estimated €5000. Speaking to Lusa, José
Body of Ukrainian woman recovered following Vila do Bispo cliff fall
34-year-old fell while out walking with partner The body of a 34-year-old Ukrainian woman who fell to her death from a cliff in Vila do Bispo on Saturday evening was
Scandal surrounding former INEM chief ‘gets worse’
Gandra d’Almeida accused of ‘illegally accumulated functions’ in Matosinhos/ Gaia/ Abrantes The deeply embarrassing ‘scandal’ that led to the resignation on Friday of former INEM director António Gandra d’Almeida appears
Depression Garoe brings rain, thunderstorms and hail until Wednesday
Portuguese territories under orange and yellow weather warnings Sixteen mainland districts and the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores will be under orange and yellow weather warnings until Wednesday thanks
German student in critical condition after near-drowning during surf lesson
Instructors “did not realise” she was drowning Maritime police are delivering their report to public prosecutors today about the near-drowning of a young German on Costa da Caparica during a
Young Italian student claims rape by “two or three men” in Martim Moniz
PJ police are investigating latest incident in trouble-torn neighbourhood of Lisbon A 23-year-old Italian student on the Erasmus programme claims to have been raped in the early hours of Sunday
Air Force detects yet another Russian ship in Portugal’s exclusive economic zone
Ship belongs to Russian programme for ‘research into critical underwater infrastructure’ Portugal’s Air Force has detected yet another Russian spyship in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone. According to a statement