Years on from child sex abuse bombshell Portugal’s Catholic Church fails to deliver
Years on from the shocking report that lifted the lid on decades of deviant behaviour by priests and officials of the Catholic Church and very little appears to have been
December 1 ceremonies highlight “largest single investment in Armed Forces”
Defence Minister Nuno Melo highlighted the “largest single investment” in the Armed Forces during the December 1 ceremonies today, the last to be held by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who
Domestic accidents lead to 225,000 clogging A&E
Portugal’s authorities are so focused on cutting back demand for public healthcare that they have gone beyond the perennial appeals for everyone to get vaccinated against the latest strain of
Thousands of Israelis queue in hope of Portuguese citizenship
Thousands of Israelis waited in line outside outside a cinema in the central city of Ramat Hasharon last Friday morning to book an appointment with the Portuguese Embassy to receive
Food Bank Against Hunger campaign collects slightly less than last year
The Food Bank Against Hunger campaign collected 2,150 tons of food this weekend, the social solidarity institution announced today, 2.8% less than in the same campaign in 2024. The Food
Parliamentary staff complain CHEGA affecting their ‘mental health and physical integrity’
Parliamentary staff have delivered a formal complaint to the secretary-general of parliament asking for urgent measures to ‘reign CHEGA MPs in’ from intimidating behaviour towards them. The syndicate of parliamentary
Body of man discovered floating in Douro river, Porto
The body of a man was found this morning floating at the mouth of the Douro river in Porto, not far from the Douro Marina in Afurada, where a French
Portugal’s ‘Screaming Lord Sutch’ equivalent makes bid for presidency official in Leiria
One of the lighter moments in the campaign underway to select a new President of the Republic has taken place in Leiria this weekend with the equivalent of a ‘Screaming
Outgoing president talks of ‘frustration’ over Portugal’s two million-plus in poverty
Outgoing President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has admitted his frustration at the fact that nothing over his 10-year tenure has managed to improve Portugal’s ‘poverty figures’. There
Dead man “found on knees with bag around his head”
A man was found dead with a bag around his head in Lisbon’s Monsanto forest yesterday afternoon. The victim was “on his knees”, writes Correio da Manhã (not explaining how