Homes in Portugal “over-valued by around 35%”
The latest report from the European Commission on housing in the European Union paints a discouraging picture of housing in Portugal, writes Expresso. “Among the various indicators, the country stands
New meetings in Northern Portugal where villages remain committed to fighting lithium mining
Starting tomorrow, the village of Covas do Barroso, and the municipality of Boticas in northern Portugal, will host the Pan-European Critical Zones meeting and the IV Iberian Meeting on the
Nurses on strike as health service woes storm back into headlines
Portugal’s nurses union SEP is ‘out on strike today’ as doctors have scheduled strike action for later this month, along with public sector workers. Police staged protests yesterday and have
Doctors’ federation calls strike for October 24
FNAM, the National Federation of Doctors, has called a strike to coincide with the public sector workers’ strike already scheduled for October 24. The reasons centre on the impasse with
Hidden costs in E-Lar campaign sees many hold on to gas appliances
The lights have dimmed over the government’s ‘E-Lar’ campaign – designed to encourage households to ditch gas appliances and go electric. What attracted many at first has come to be
American tourist’s murder: suspect goes before judge today
As reported yesterday afternoon, police tracked down the three suspects in the early morning murder of American tourist – named in Correio da Manhã this morning as 35-year-old Daniel Kin.
Foreigners Law finally gets presidential rubber-stamp
After all the early upsets, President Marcelo has enacted the Foreigners Law amending rules over the entry, stay, exit and removal of foreign nationals. According to information posted on the
US budgetary shutdown leaves Portuguese workers at Azores air base without salaries
The Government of the Azores has today expressed “deep concern” over delayed payments to Portuguese workers at Terceira Island’s Lajes Base asking the Republic to intercede with the United States.
More than 150 arrested in Interpol border-control operation that included Portugal
A total of 153 people have been arrested in Operation Neptune VII – coordinated by Interpol and carried out at border checkpoints in 20 countries, including Portugal, between July and
New VAT regime for group companies passes in parliament
Parliament has approved a specialised version of a government bill that creates a VAT group scheme for economic groups to consolidate the amounts of tax they have to pay or