Portugal ordered to pay €20,000 for breaching rights of father and son
Portuguese authorities “behaved in the most abject and disgusting way” – lawyer The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Portuguese state to pay €20,000 to a father
Non-resident owners get tax break for putting holiday lets on rental market
Measure carries over from last government People who are not resident in Portugal but who have transferred residential property that they own out of the market for short-term rentals –
Two people missing following collision between ferry and fishing boat in Lisbon
Two people are missing, and two others have been injured – one seriously – following a collision today in the river Tejo in Lisbon between a Soflusa ferry and a
Cancer responsible for 27% of deaths in Azores 2017-2022 – audit court
Oncological disease accounted for 27% of deaths in the Portuguese islands of the Azores between 2017 and 2022, and it is estimated that there will be more than 1,000 new
Court workers convene protest for start of judicial year
Portugal’s union of court clerks (SFJ) has called for a silent protest outside the Supreme Court of Justice at the opening of the judicial year next Monday (January 13), against
Portugal “still one of most unequal in EU” – study
Portugal remains one of the most unequal countries in the European Union, with a fifth of the population (2.1 million people) living in poverty and/ or social exclusion, according to
Azores business leader gives 4-day week resounding thumbs down
President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Portugal’s Azores islands (CCIA), Mário Fortuna, has given the possible introduction of a four-day working week in the archipelago a resounding
Former minister found dead on Matosinhos golf course
The body of former minister of education António Couto dos Santos was found “floating in the golf course lake” at Citygolf in Matosinhos this morning. The alarm was raised at
Judges’ alleged ‘AI cheating’ forces opening of official inquiry
Superior Council of Magistrature admits it will open investigation Over a month since the bizarre case of three appeal court judges being accused of using AI in a ruling using
Ombudsman called to investigate “legitimacy and proportionality” of police operation in Martim Moniz
Several civil society figures and associations have shown today that the outrage expressed following the police operation in Martim Moniz on December 19 is still simmering in spite of the