Government signs contracts for 3,300 palliative care beds
Need for palliative care beds in Portugal is immense Portugal’s caretaker government has signed 90 financing contracts today, worth €88 million, to create 3,300 places in the national palliative care
TAP Airbus in emergency landing due to “inhalation of inadequate odours”
Two people assisted due to “inhalation” In yet another strange case of ‘bad smells’ affecting TAP aircraft, a TAP Airbus A320 has had to make an emergency landing in Porto
Portuguese F-16s intercept Russian aircraft flying over Baltic “without complying with international regulations”
Mission took place as part of Operation Enhanced Air Policing 2025 Two Portuguese F-16Ms were activated earlier this week to intercept a Russian aircraft flying over international airspace and not
Beach surveillance stepped up for Easter break
Coastguard rescue service “recognises people may want to go into sea” As Easters go this one definitely won’t be one with sweltering temperatures, but authorities have at least anticipated the
US pulls plug on Portuguese wines
With every day bringing another slant on the so-called reciprocal tariffs threatened by US president Donald Trump, the greatest damage so far has been done to Portuguese – and wider
Exhausted populations fighting lithium mines get major vote of support from Left Bloc leader
Mariana Mortágua says “we have to believe it is possible to stop these mines” The coordinator of Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) said today that the populations fighting against lithium
PS leader stands up to Public Prosecutor’s probe
“Those owing nothing have nothing to fear”, says Pedro Nuno Santos Within hours of news that Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos was now being investigated over ‘anonymous complaints’ into his
Court of auditors finds major flaws in checks on tax breaks for property funds
Around €1 million in tax exemptions unduly granted clawed back Portugal’s Court of Auditors (TdC) has found flaws in checks carried out by the country’s Tax and Customs Authority (AT)
Public prosecutors open probe targeting PS secretary general Pedro Nuno Santos
“Preventive investigation” follows “receipt of complaints” The mud-slinging pre-election campaign has shifted gears today, to target PS secretary general Pedro Nuno Santos. After weeks of allegations and insinuations over the
Public Prosecutor’s Office accuses media mogul Mário Ferreira of qualified tax fraud
Ferreira owns Media Capital, group includes TVI/ CNN Portugal Portugal’s Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action has accused businessman Mário Ferreira, owner of Media Capital, the group that owns