US must be involved in guaranteeing ‘durability of peace’ in Ukraine – president
Marcelo’s words come as US counterpart due to speak directly with Putin Just as the world waits to hear the kind of peace Donald Trump accepts for Ukraine following his
Algarve’s water restrictions reduced following record rainfall
Country hasn’t seen this much rain for 20 years With rain still falling to the end of this month, minister of environment and energy Maria da Graça Carvalho visited the
New Silves holiday village: public consultation opens on environmental impact study
Quinta do Pateiro promises “high quality tourist resort with 600 beds” The environmental impact study for Quinta do Pateiro, in Silves – a ‘high quality’ tourist resort with 600 beds
Tornado-shaped cloud gets everyone taking photos over Santarém
Funnel-cloud was ‘initial phase of tornado’ but did not touch ground With so much rain, wind and cold dragging us all through March, people in Santarém were taken by surprise
Three armed men arrested over weekend in Portimão, Olhão
One had revolver with rounds of ammo ‘ready to fire’ Algarve police arrested three young men over the weekend, all of them for carrying illegal weapons. The arrests began on
Former PM to go on trial “urgently” in July, only to see process suspended to September
Operation Marquês has been inching towards trial date for a decade Former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates will begin his trial (for corruption) in Operation Marquês on July 3, in
Government seeks to privatise 174 health centres
PCP accuses executive of “being at service of those who make money out of illness” Even in its ‘dying days’, Portugal’s minority centre-right government has been busy transforming ‘health management’
Presidential candidate dubs Portugal’s last few weeks “a complete disaster”
Everyone is to blame for political crisis, which “could and should have been avoided” No punches have been pulled by presidential candidate – and former television commentator – Luís Marques
President starts three-day official visit to Slovenia
President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, begins a three-day official visit to Slovenia today, at the invitation of his Slovenian counterpart, Nataša Pirc Musar. This will be his second
Marines head for Lithuania on NATO mission
Largest deployment of marines in 50 years A group of 170 Portuguese marines, accompanied by a five-strong medical team and two dogs, is leaving today for a NATO mission in