Public prosecutor accuses Navy mutineers of “insubordination through disobedience”
Almost two years since the Mondego mutiny hit the headlines, and months after the matter was last dealt with by the Navy, Portugal’s public prosecutor has accused the 13 sailors
January was 2nd “rainiest” for Portugal since 2000
January was the 2nd rainiest January in Portugal since the turn of the century – but it still didn’t totally fix the ‘drought’ problems in the Alentejo and Barlavento Algarve.
Firefighters tire of ‘waiting’ for audit results over safety of 81 vehicles
The League of Portuguese Firefighters is tired of waiting to hear the results of the various ‘audits’ imposed on 81 vehicles purchased in the same lot as the one involved
Two pilots per week are quitting Portuguese Air Force
The Portuguese Air Force is hemorrhaging pilots to the private sector (where they can earn three times as much as they take home in the armed forces). At a point
Coimbra researchers produce algae-based products to fight Covid-19
The University of Coimbra’s Faculty of Science and Technology (FCTUC) has announced that its researchers are developing several natural products based on algae that are effective in combating the “SARS-CoV-2”
Searches continue for Italian swept into sea in Porto
Searches have resumed for a second day following the disappearance of an Italian man while out walking in Foz do Douro, with friends, on Saturday afternoon. According to the friends,
Construction industry facing ‘unprecedented challenges’, warns association
Needs more private investment, more workers, more modernisation Portugal’s construction industry is facing “unprecedented challenges” while the boom to the country in terms of European funding under the PRR (Plan
Portugal hammered over new thinking towards immigrants seeking healthcare
NGO claims policies as yet unapproved already being enforced Portugal’s Obstetric Violence Observatory (OVO PT) has denounced cases of health professionals refusing to assist immigrant women, as well as health
Portugal absent from emergency defence summit of European leaders in Paris today
Summit takes place as US starts ‘peace talks’ with Russia The Portuguese government will be absent from today’s hastily convened summit of European leaders, promoted by French president Emmanuel Macron,
CHEGA leader gives PM 24-hours to explain “absolute suspicion of corruption”
Ventura latches on to news of PM’s family real estate business CHEGA leader André Ventura has continued the practice of Portugal’s MPs focused on just about anything but what is