PM praises new ‘super manager’, stressing he isn’t coming in on bumper salary
First choice wanted to retain €15,000 Bank of Portugal pay packet After all the unpleasantness of their first choice for the top job, Portugal’s government has picked its Secretary General
Body discovered half-naked on Culatra island “still not identified”
The body of a young woman, found half naked close to the water’s edge in Culatra island, near Faro, on Sunday morning, has still not been identified. Reports today suggest
Borba quarry landslide that killed five: trial in final arguments
“Justice will only be done if all six defendants are convicted”, says prosecutor Seven years after the horrific (but inevitable) collapse of a municipal road between two quarries that claimed
Cat lost following road accident
A Porto family is desperate to find Fred, their much-loved cat who escaped from their vehicle following an accident on the A25, near Vouzela. According to the Castro family, Fred
Teen dies after student party in Santa Comba Dão
A 16-year-old girl was found dead in the house of friends in Santa Comba Dão yesterday. She had been staying the night, following a student party. There are said to
Temperatures plummet; some regions below zero
Portugal is back in the grip of ‘cold weather’: clear blue skies, bright sunshine during the day and chilly late afternoons, nights and early mornings. Meteorologist Patrícia Gomes has told
Inflation creeps up to 3% in December
The year-on-year inflation rate was 3.0% last December, 0.5 percentage points higher than in November, with the average change for 2024 standing at 2.4%, compared to 4.3% in 2023, INE
Mainland airports handle 4.3% more passengers in first 11 months of 2024
The number of passengers at Portuguese mainland airports rose by 4.3% year-on-year up until November to 65.73 million, Statistics Portugal (INE) has announced today. According to rapid statistics on air
Train services resume after Lisbon bridge ‘invasion’
Rail traffic on Lisbon’s 25 de Abril Bridge resumed at 11.05 am this morning, with long delays, after two people ‘invaded’ the bridge deck, shortly before 10am. The pair fled,
Martim Moniz brawl: “power struggle between Bangladeshi groups”
Group travelled up to Lisbon from Vila Nova de Milfontes, SW Alentejo With the official word from police being that ‘motive for the disturbances among foreigners in Martim Moniz on