Trial of young PSP officer who shot and killed Odair Moniz begins today
The trial begins today of the young PSP officer who shot and killed Cape Verdean cook Odair Moniz almost exactly a year ago, sparking days of rioting and violence in
Holiday rentals brace for change – “we need more rules,” EU’s housing commissioner
Two years ago, Portugal’s then prime minister António Costa appealed to the European Commission for housing to be considered one of the Commission’s priorities as it represented an “elevated weight
Police chase in Costa da Caparica ends with shots fired at fleeing driver
A police chase in Costa da Caparica, Almada, today ended with six people arrested and one injured. The suspects did not respect a police order to stop at the entrance
Funicular report: PS Socialists demand resignation of Carris management
Socialist Party councillors on Lisbon City Council are demanding the resignation of Carris management, following the conclusions of the GPIAAF preliminary report on the Glória funicular tragedy which caused the
Tuesday briefs: No charges for mother who abandoned baby in early hours of morning…
Illegal immigrants Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro said yesterday in Slovenia that illegal immigrants in the EU should return to their countries of origin: Europe will only allocate ‘good human
“Not fit to take passengers”: interim report on funicular tragedy in which 16 people died
An interim report, which stresses that this is not the moment to apportion blame, has revealed that the cable connecting the two cabins of the Glória funicular/ elevator which gave
PJ inspectors “refuse to remain at airports after October 29”
PJ inspectors from the former SEF (Foreigners and Borders Service) who are working for the PSP in air border control say they “refuse to remain at airports after October 29”.
Citizens blast government’s “fiscal blackout” over IMI payable by dam, wind and solar farms
Coinciding on the same day that a government minister complained that factual reporting on violent crime in Lisbon ‘is generating a sense of insecurity in relation to reality’, the wider
Rise in media reported violent crime in Lisbon “over done” – minister
Portuguese interior minister Maria Lúcia Amaral has warned today that the recent wave of violent crime in the Lisbon region is ‘generating an exaggerated sense of insecurity in relation to
Communists query vote-counting in Lisbon’s municipal elections
CDU, the coalition that brings together the PCP communists and PEV (the greens), has appealed today to the Constitutional Court for a ruling on “the decisions taken during the general