Presidential campaign: CHEGA leader appeals ruling over ‘gypsy billboards’
As the country’s ‘presidential race’ enters the final strait, the reality is that the presence of CHEGA leader André Ventura has helped make it remarkably unprecedented. Never before has the
British child, 13, dies in explosion of domestic violence in Casais, Tomar
A British child, aged 13, had died today in a veritable explosion of domestic violence. The little village of Casais, in the municipality of Tomar, is still reeling from the
Foreign minister urged to ‘come clean’ over VIP flight from Guinea-Bissau transporting €5 million in cash
Portugal’s Socialist Party wants to understand what was going on when a flight from Guinea-Bissau arrived in Figo Maduro airport, carrying a number of VIP passengers and transporting at least
Portugal’s ‘2025 baby names’ all very traditionally Portuguese
In spite of moving with the times – and allowing all kinds of foreign names for babies born in Portugal – the names of 2025’s babies have remained very traditionally
President convenes Council of State for January 9
With one foot already ‘out the door’ after a decade as the country’s Head of State, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is not resting on any laurels: he has convened a
New surge in Portugal’s housing prices
Portugal’s dire ‘housing crisis’ – the situation where many nationals are relentlessly being priced out of the market – continues into the New Year with very little on the horizon
CHEGA leader decries court condemnation of gypsy billboards
An almighty row has blown up this afternoon since CHEGA leader André Ventura was given 24-hours to remove billboards that caused uproar within the Portuguese gypsy community. The nub of
Countdown to Christmas ‘news in brief’: Monday
Lisbon Zoo presents its latest arrival… With a lot of the country already on the move for Christmas, news ‘doesn’t stop’ (albeit it does seem to repeat itself every year):
2025: the year Portugal turned sharply to the right
As can be seen from our ‘Year in Review’, the country was voted part of the ‘Iberian Miracle’ early on (saving the EU’s economic bacon); tourism has been going from
2025: a year in review
JANUARY Word of 2025 The year began with Prime Minister Luís Montenegro (still unaware that he would shortly be facing a new electoral challenge) choosing the word of the year: