Government approves new regime for ‘return of illegal immigrants’
Late yesterday afternoon the government approved the new regime for the ‘return of illegal immigrants’. The document is open to public consultation for one months (from today), and will then
Operation Influencer dealt new broadside as magazine reproduces wiretaps
News magazine Sábado has been turning heads this week – mainly for having reproduced a number of wiretaps in the Operation Influencer investigation which toppled an absolute majority (Socialist) government
Academics call out government “schizophrenia” in approach to immigrants/ emigrés
Academics have called out the ‘schizophrenia’ at play in the Portuguese government’s approach to immigrants, stressing little (or nothing) is done to create policies based on scientific data. As a
EC strategic project status boosts Barroso lithium mine – Savannah
London stock market-listed Savannah Resources has said today that the European Commission has reaffirmed and reinforced the status of the Barroso lithium mine in northern Portugal as a strategic European
Trade unionists take to streets of Lisbon ahead of next week’s general strike
Lisbon yesterday saw a street demonstration in the historic centre which underscored all the warnings of simmering social unrest behind the looming general strike. No matter what the government says
Another “special crime prevention operation” takes place in Lisbon’s Martim Moniz
Lisbon’s PSP police closed off the square in Martim Moniz yesterday evening for a new Special Crime Prevention Operation. This was the first operation of its kind since the PR
Police announce protest to further disrupt activity at Lisbon airport
Just as presidential candidate Luís Marques Mendes predicted, the social unrest prompted by the scheduling of a general strike next week is starting to bite. Now, the ASPP/PSP (Police Professionals’
Latest poll puts both ‘anti-systemic’ candidates in lead
December sees the final countdown in the ‘race for the presidency’: the moment President Marcelo steps down after a 10-year mandate in favour of whoever wins the elections on January
Queues at Lisbon airport an ongoing national ’embarrassment’
Secretary of state for infrastructure Hugo Espírito Santo admits that “no one can be happy with the passenger experience at Portuguese airports today. It is, he says, a situation that
Inspections, victim support ongoing three months after Glória funicular tragedy
Three months after the Glória funicular catastrophe in Lisbon in which 16 people – mainly tourists – died and many others were injured, technical inspections of all lifts and funicular