PSP transfers agents involved in fatal shooting of civilian
Shooting of Odair Moniz sparked wave of disturbances throughout capital in October The PSP police force has transferred one of the young agents involved in the far-from-clear fatal shooting of
PJ police dismantle ‘one of Europe’s largests’ cocaine processing labs
Seven suspects arrested; three caught ‘red handed’ Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) has dismantled what it said was “the largest” industrial cocaine extraction, processing and packaging laboratory in Europe, during an
Communities in uproar as government introduces new lithium tenders
Government to launch tenders for gold, copper and lithium exploration Communities already fighting plans to expand mining projects in their territories have reacted in uproar to the announcement that Portugal’s
Microsoft refuses to pay for copyright – Media Capital CEO
The CEO of Media Capital accused Microsoft today of not “recognising the obligation to pay anything for copyright” which its artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI is “abusing on a daily
Friday sees yet another public sector strike, mainly affecting schools/ health sector
Public administration workers will once again stage a general strike on Friday – and health and education will almost certainly be the services most affected. The strike, called by the
Accounts court delivers devasting report on contract signed by Caminha town council
Former mayor of Caminha Miguel Alves may have to pay back almost €400,000 to reimburse the municipality for a dodgy deal that essentially saw it paying rent for premises that
State health service under investigation for treating foreigners
IGAS, the general inspectorate of health activities, has opened an investigation into reports that the state health service (SNS) has been increasingly treating foreign citizens who do not live in
Shot in leg in a bar: victim refuses to explain circumstances to police
A 29-year-old man was shot in the leg in a bar in Buraca, a neighbourhood of Amadora – the municipality in which October’s ‘disturbances’ originated, and one fraught with gang
Union leader accuses government of using protest as pretext to break off negotiations
“We didn’t even realise” there was a protest. “We couldn’t hear anything…” Ricardo Cunha, president of the national union of firefighters (SNBS), has accused the government of using today’s protest
Minister bemoans “attack on wine that makes no sense”
Wine is “essential for our economy”, José Manuel Fernandes tells symposium Portugal’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries has acknowledged in Porto today that “there is a decrease in global consumption