PM files complaint over bogus message to Donald Trump
A bogus message circulating over social network ‘X’ suggests Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, is ready to ‘make a deal’ with U.S. president Donald J. Trump over the sovereignty of
GNR rescue over 100 exotic animals from ‘mistreatment’ in Penafiel
GNR police have ‘rescued’ over 100 exotic animals, as well as dogs and cats, from a commercial space in Penafiel, near Porto. The operation – which saw the shop’s owner
“Grave perversion of public interest” – association denounces government’s multi-million ‘giveaway’ to mining company
The association ‘United in Defence of Covas do Barroso’ has been horrified by news that the government is giving British company Savannah Resources €110 million to help develop its locally-contested
Marcelo warns of folly of trying to re-divide world into hemispheres
Even with his days at the head of the nation drawing to an end, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is focused on his mission. Today, in the European parliament, he has
Government “not going to break up nature conservation institute”
Environment minister Maria de Graça Carvalho has today “assured the government is not dismantling, or weakening, the powers of the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests”, writes Lusa, in the
City Council rejects call to ban new hotels in Lisbon
Communist, Left Bloc and Green parties on Lisbon city council have called for a block on new hotels in the city as one of the solutions to the housing crisis
PJ swoop on Neo-Nazis foiled “major attack on Islamic community”
Yesterday’s swoop by the counter-terrorism unit of Portugal’s PJ judicial police was apparently focused on foiling a concerted attack on the country’s Islamic community. Tabloid Correio da Manhã suggests the
Portuguese bank director stabbed to death in Maputo
Portuguese national Pedro Ferraz Correia dos Reis – director of BCI bank, a Mozambican subsidiary of Portuguese group Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) – was stabbed to death last night
Environmental lawyer promises opposition to Algarve desalination plant will continue
Environmental lawyer Rui Amores has slammed back at the very staged ‘public appeal’ launched by environment minister Maria da Graça Carvalho during a visit to the Algarve earlier this month.
Resumption of flights between Portugal and Venezuela ‘imminent’, says minister
The resumption of flights from Portugal to Venezuela is imminent, and currently, there are nine Portuguese-Venezuelans detained in South American jails, Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel has stated today