Science, technology programme for girls to launch in 2025
Margarida Balseiro Lopes, Portugal’s minister for youth and modernisation, announced at the Web Summit today that the first national programme for girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) will
PJ swoops on Peso da Régua Town Hall
PJ judicial police have been carrying out inquiries at Peso da Régua Town Hall as part of a public procurement case. The municipality has reportedly expressed its willingness to provide
Right turn: Portugal plays down Trump landslide
“We work with any American administration” – foreign affairs minister On the face of it, Portugal’s centre-right government is ‘welcoming’ last week’s resounding victory by Donald Trump in the US
African woman ‘gives up baby’ born on flight to Lisbon
Woman was carrying “several passports of minors” as well as “suspicious substance” An African woman is apparently ‘free’ on the island of Madeira after having given birth to a baby
Defence minister accuses previous government of ‘lying to NATO’
Nuno Melo says PS Socialists fudged defence spending by €300 million Portugal’s minister of National Defence, Nuno Melo, has accused his predecessor, Helena Carreiras, of having reported a fictitious figure
Airbnb welcomes new rules for short-term rentals
Online property rental platform offers to work with government/ municipalities Online property rental platform Airbnb has welcomed new rules for short-term rentals in Portugal – known here as Alojamento Local
Escaped Algerian renewed Portuguese residency in spite of international arrest warrant
BREAKING news at 11am today: GNR police announce recapture of Algerian, in a street in Lagoa, Algarve… Abdelkader Eddouh lived with British girlfriend in Alvor The latest dismal story
INEM now under direct responsibility of health minister
Minister of Health Ana Paula Martins says that INEM (the country’s institute for medical emergency) is now under her direct responsibility. She guarantees the government’s priorities are to find solutions
Fugitive from justice caught getting on bus
PSP police in Leiria managed to catch a 64-year-old man with a series of criminal offences to his name – for driving without a licence, driving whilst drunk etc –
Algarve campaigners receive “friend of environment award”
PROBAAL says honour reinforces its determination to protect “unique Barrocal territory” PROBAAL, the Algarve environmental group that recently helped see off a massively destructive solar panel project, has been honoured