Lufthansa creates 700 jobs in Santa Maria da Feira
Lufthansa Technik to construct repair plant for aircraft engines Lufthansa Technik, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa group, has announced the construction of a repair plant for aircraft engines and components
Corruption: Justice Minister promises changes to combat “social disease”
It’s International Anti-Corruption Day… again On yet another International Anti-Corruption Day, forces and entities in Portugal have been discussing how to tackle this “social disease” which appears immune to almost
Fishing quotas on line in new meeting in Brussels
Portugal’s minister for agriculture and fisheries, José Manuel Fernandes, is in Brussels today fighting Portugal’s corner as new TACs (total allowable catches) and quota are being decided for 2025. Just
Navy’s Chief of Staff under ‘attacks from all sides’
Since it became clear that Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, Chief of Staff of the Navy (due to ‘retire’ on December 27) could be thinking of standing in Portugal’s 2026
Tangerine tragedy in Oliveira de Azeméis
A 65-year-old man died on Sunday morning in a tragic accident involving the picking of tangerines. What appears to have happened is that the man set up a ladder –
Two Algerians sought after man stabbed in head in Porto
Two men, both Algerian, are being sought by PSP police after they allegedly stabbed a third man in the head, in Praça do Marquês de Pombal, in the Paranhos district
Climate protestors ‘turn off Christmas lights’ in Lisbon
Climáximo – the group of climate activists notorious for carrying out ‘actions’ in Lisbon – was busy over the weekend ‘turning off Christmas lights’ in various thoroughfares of Lisbon. The
President on official visit to the Netherlands
President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa heads for Amsterdam today for a state visit to the Netherlands, which officially begins tomorrow with a reception by King Willem-Alexander and
Early morning PSP police ‘swoop’ arrests three for Lisbon rioting
Riots scarred areas around capital following PSP killing of Odair Moniz Portugal’s PSP police force has detained three people this morning in an operation that at 8am was still underway
TAP “cannot be sold to foreigners”
Former Stellantis CEO to present proposal to government in coming weeks Portuguese-French businessman Carlos Tavares – until very recently CEO of Stellantis (and a former COO of Renault) – is