One in four foreigners in Portugal ‘living in poverty’
A quarter of foreigners in Portugal are living in poverty – and the employment rate between men and women is more unequal than in the Portuguese population. These are the
Brussels to ‘reassess immigrant situation in Portugal’ as it seeks to ‘redistribute 21,000 refugees’
Brussels has agreed to ‘reassess’ Portugal’s immigrant situation after the government said ‘no can do’ to its plan to ‘redistribute’ 21,000 asylum seekers under the ‘European Solidarity Mechanism’. The government’s
Probe into PM’s family business archived: PSD celebrates, opposition ‘still critical’
Early yesterday evening, Portugal’s public prosecutor’s office announced that it had archived the ‘preliminary investigation’ into the ‘Spinumviva’ case (that brought down Luís Montenegro’s first AD government) as it could
Minister makes rare appearance to say “yes… things have gone very badly” at country’s airports
The Minister of Internal Administration admitted today that the introduction of the new European border control system for non-EU citizens “have gone very badly” at Portuguese airports, but denied that
EU to define real estate pressure areas to limit short-term rents
In 2026, the European Commission will present a legislative proposal on short-term rentals, in which it will define areas with real estate pressure to limit this type of accommodation –
Technical difficulty in border control system prompts more hideous queues at Lisbon airport
A technical difficulty in the border control system is causing “long waiting times” at Lisbon airport, which reached three hours this morning, according to the PSP (Public Security Police), who
Second shipwreck in days claims lives of Indonesian fishermen
In the second tragedy in a matter of days, further fishermen are missing – they have been described, as the others before them, as Indonesian. Today’s disaster took place 200
Tuesday morning briefs: another missing Brazilian
Missing Brazilian Another Brazilian woman has suddenly disappeared without trace. After the mystery of the Brazilian who went missing after taking out the trash in Tabuaço one evening, there is
Nationality Law still contains ‘inconstitutionalities’, say judges
Portugal’s Constitutional Court has decided on the request – put in by PS Socialists – to give the latest version of the Nationality Law a ‘preventive review’. Yet again, the
Businessman and ‘right hand’ former president of Guinea-Bissau president released after Sunday detention
In a story that explains a great deal less than it should, Lusa reports that ‘the man close to former Guinea-Bissau President Sissoco Embaló, who was detained at Figo Maduro