Algerians hold protest over bureaucratic ‘delays’ holding up residency applications
Algerians living in Portugal – and representing a community of around 10,000 – have shown today how difficult it is to become legalised here. The crowd mounting a protest outside
Around 250 treasure-laden shipwrecks to be found in Portuguese territorial waters
Underwater archeologist Alexandre Monteiro has mapped sunken ships in the waters of the Azores, Madeira and off the Portuguese mainland coast, and estimates there are around 250 of them that
Hundreds of health professionals ready to boycott ‘new limitations’ on treating non-resident foreigners
Order of Physicians backs boycott; Minister concedes it’s “perfectly natural” Following the government’s decision to impose limitations on non-resident foreigners using the SNS public health service (to save time, money
Martim Moniz police operation: now there’s an Open Letter
Left-wingers accuse government of ‘attacking social state, rule of law’ The political fall-out from last week’s police operation in Martim Moniz continues, with an Open Letter to the prime minister
Lisbon on track for super stinky Christmas
Striking rubbish collectors try to get out of ‘minimum services’ Lisbon seems set for a very stinky Christmas: rubbish collectors/ urban hygiene workers have called a strike between Christmas Day
Study drills down into implications of Algarve’s ‘worsening’ housing crisis
Association calls for “urgent public intervention” Portugal is currently suffering one of the worst housing crises in Europe, with the areas of the Algarve, Lisbon and Porto being those where
Class action lawsuit filed against construction of new Faro marina
NGOs cite “irreparable losses to environment” Algarvian NGOs have filed a class action lawsuit to stop the construction of the new Faro marina (Porto de Recreio), citing “severe procedural irregularities”
Mondego mutineers turn tables on Navy
Mutineers appeal suspensions – and win! The sailors known as the Mondego Mutineers (for refusing a mission due to what they saw as the unseaworthy condition of their ship) have
Football coach José Mourinho travels to Lisbon for ‘operation’
World famous Portuguese coach José Mourinho is said to be taking advantage of a week’s break over Christmas to travel to Lisbon for an operation to his gall bladder. The
Young soldier dies from injuries received at Military Academy in Lisbon
A young soldier, named as Aloísio Baldé, injured following an incident with a firearm at the Military Academy in Lisbon yesterday, died in the early hours of this morning. In