Rise in domestic violence “due to more reports; not to real growth” – PM
Luís Montenegro makes second surprising comment of day Portugal’s prime minister has expressed his conviction that the increase in cases of domestic violence (widely reported yesterday, to commemorate International Day
Extensive monitoring operation tracks Russian spy ship through Portuguese territorial waters
A Russian ship “specialised in the detection and sabotage of critical submarine infrastructures” (namely oil pipelines and underwater telecommunications cables) was tracked by the Portuguese Navy in an extensive operation
Blame for ambulance strike deaths will be borne (if necessary) but no resignations, says PM
Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro has guaranteed today that if political responsibility is established for the deaths that occurred during the emergency ambulance service (INEM) strike earlier this month, “it
Portuguese study discovers that octopuses and fish ‘hunt together’
A new Portuguese-led study has found that octopuses team up with fish to hunt together. Marine biologists spent around 120 hours at sea, observing ‘octopus hunting groups’ and different species
Environmental activists refuse to give up on avenging cork oak ‘massacre’
Environmental activists who failed in their bid to try and save over 1,820 protected cork oaks from being cut down to make way for a wind farm project in Sines
Transvestite socialite formally accused of domestic violence against 95-year-old former wife
The long-drawn out saga of José Castelo Branco and his much older ‘heiress’ wife Betty Grafstein has moved to the stage where public prosecutors have formally accused the transvestite socialite
Infertility medicines to be 90% reimbursed from January
Medicines for infertility treatment will be reimbursed at a rate of 90% as of January 1, 2025 – a measure published in state gazette Diário da República today and applauded
Women’s only ride-hailing platform “to open in days”
Women driven exclusively by women, to make clients feel safer Pinker, a new ride-hailing platform just for women will become operational in the next few days. Founder Mónica Faneco has
New invasive hornet species “at Portugal’s door”
APIMIL, the northern beekeeping association of Entre Minho e Lima is calling on national authorities to take “concrete and well-targeted action” against the threat of a new hornet invasion, much
Hundreds of sapper firefighters lead new protest in Lisbon
“We’re reaching a point of no return…” Hundreds of sapper firefighters led a new protest today in Lisbon, outside Campus XXI where a meeting was taking place between unions and