Nationalist loses bid for appeal against jail term
Nationalist Mário Machado have lost his bid to appeal against the conviction he received for incitement to hatred and violence. The man who has had a checkered past with judicial
Iberian miracle amazes Europe: Spain and Portugal become engine of eurozone economy
But economists warn it’s not enough, on its own, to avoid recession Spanish newspaper El Economista has described the “Iberian miracle” which has saved Europe from recession… so far. With
CHEGA councillor accused of aggravated prostitution of minor
Lisbon councillor Nuno Pardal Ribeiro resigns mandate, saying he is innocent CHEGA councillor for Lisbon Nuno Pardal Ribeiro has been accused by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of two crimes of
PSP agent facing murder charge “had no specific firearms training”
Initial reports made a point of agent’s ‘experience’ Four months after he used his service weapon to fatally shoot a man resisting arrest, it transpires that the young PSP agent
Injunction halts Savannah Resources lithium prospecting in Boticas
Resident landowners deliver broadside to government’s ‘invasion green light’ Resident landowners have successfully challenged the government’s decision to give a private company intent on open-pit lithium mining within a protected
Parliamentary post office used to sell stolen goods
Tabloid presents bizarre dilemma of suitcase-stealing MP In many ways, today is not a good day for the country’s politicians: a corruption investigation has forced several to relinquish their places
Immigration data about to have “very significant upward revision”
In an interview on Antena 1’s ‘Política com Assinatura’ programme, Minister for the Presidency António Leitão Amaro did not spare any criticism of PS leader Pedro Nuno Santo (and others
Man dies following shooting in Amadora
A 40-year-old man has died this morning following a shooting in broad daylight in Reboleira, Amadora (Greater Lisbon). In the second shooting in the municipality in as many days, the
Hepatitis A outbreak affects teenagers in Setúbal
Arrábida Local Health Unit is monitoring an outbreak of hepatitis A, affecting teenagers – one of which is in a serious condition. So far, “no association has been established with
EU court rejects Ryanair’s appeal against state aid to TAP
Ryanair’s case followed €1.2 billion given to TAP during Covid crisis It has taken all of five years, but today the General court of the European Union has rejected the