Woman stabbed to death in Sintra ‘AL’ (short-term rental)
A 44-year-old woman was stabbed to death in an AL (short-term rental) apartment in Largo de Cerrado, Sintra last night. Her attacker, believed to have been her estranged partner, is
CHEGA billboards prompt multiple complaints from immigrants, Bangladesh embassy, gypsies
Billboards appearing throughout the country supporting the bid for the Presidency of the Republic by CHEGA leader André Ventura are causing outrage in multiple corners. The “This is not Bangladesh”
Hoteliers express ‘deep concern’ over continued ‘chaos’ at Lisbon airport
Portugal’s association of hoteliers, AHP, has had enough of standing by as authorities fail to cope with the new European Entry/ Exit system (EES) at Lisbon airport (the problem is
Maximum age for entering PSP police force increases to 35
Rules for entering the PSP police force have changed today – increasing the ‘maximum age limit’ by five years, and doing away entirely with ‘minimum height requirements’. Candidates still have
Hunker down: rain and storms widely forecast
All districts of mainland Portugal will be under a yellow warning on Tuesday due to the forecast of rain, sometimes heavy and accompanied by thunderstorms, IPMA meteorological institute warns. The
Desperate dawn line ‘waits for help with rents’
Dozens of people began waiting outside the Instituto da Habitação e da Reabilitação Urbana (IHRU) in Lisbon at dawn today to get one of the 20 daily tickets and help
AIMA threatens to expel foreign students who ‘fled Ukraine war’
Foreign students who fled here nearly four years ago from Ukraine are starting to receive stark notifications from AIMA, “threatening them with expulsion”. The reason, explains SIC today, is that
Algarve environmental group exposes quiet reality behind Portugal’s ‘green transition’
As European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen steps up her focus on sourcing critical raw materials anywhere other than China, Algarve environmental group Aware Algarve has lifted the lid
State Budget general debate: approval guaranteed, but not necessarily ‘final’ approval
Parliament today will begin the task of ‘debating’ the government’s proposed State Budget for next year, with the document’s general approval guaranteed, due to PS Socialists’ decision to abstain. More
Portuguese residency bonanza: so far this year almost 386,500 permits have been granted
AIMA – the agency for integration, migration and asylum, granted 386,463 residence permits as of October 22 this year – 60% more than in the same period in 2024. The