PJ hone in on arsonists who torched bus with driver inside
42-year-old driver sustained catastrophic injuries Portugal’s PJ criminal investigation police have honed in on the group of hooded men who threw molotov cocktails into a bus, one them purposely into
AI judgments? “Judges enjoy independence and autonomy in exercise of their functions”
Superior Council of Magistrates backs judges’ ‘cheating’ with Artificial Intelligence The controversy over an appeal court ruling that appears to have been helped along, albeit somewhat bizarrely, by ChatGPT, or
Body of 93-year-old exhumed to see if death resulted from delay in INEM response
Autopsy took place on Monday The body of a 93-year-old woman who died earlier this month in Tondela after waiting over an hour for ‘emergency response’ from INEM (the country’s
GALP abandons Setúbal lithium refinery project after partner drops out
Refinery was to have “taken advantage” of Portugal’s lithium reserves Energy giant GALP has decided to abandon the Aurora project for a lithium refinery in Setúbal after its original partner
European Commission approves disbursement of 5th tranche of PRR funding
The European Commission has today approved the disbursement of another €2.9 billion to Portugal, as part of the fifth Recovery and Resilience tranche of funding, set up after the Covid
Catholic schools mobilise to aid Ukraine counterparts at Christmas
Pupils at Roman Catholic schools in Portugal are being mobilised to support their Ukrainian counterparts through a Christmas campaign that aims to raise funds, initially to organise holiday camps for
PM extolls Portugal’s standing as “one of safest countries in world”
… if one doesn’t dwell too much on juvenile delinquency, group crime and international drug trafficking In another of his slightly ‘off-centre’ remarks in the last 24-hours, Portugal’s prime minister
Ex-PM receives Grand Cross of Military Order of Christ
Costa picks up second honour before taking office as President of European Council Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has decorated António Costa, the country’s former prime minister, with the
Tourism does disservice if ‘urban myths’ not tackled – government
Urban myths described as ‘over-tourism; lack of qualifications/ low wages’; immigrants taking jobs Portugal’s secretary of state for tourism has said in Faro that the sector must combat “urban myths”
Water bill ‘disparities’ reach as much as €650
Same water. Different bills With municipalities (still) able to set their own charges for residents’ water consumption (something that promises to change in 2026), consumer watchdog DECO PROteste demonstrates how