Portugal contributes €50 million to initiative to buy US weapons to supply Ukraine
Portugal’s minister of national defence has announced today that the country will be contributing €50 million to the initiative to buy weapons from the United States to “make them available
Suspected killers of American tourist already run to ground
Reports this afternoon say that PJ police have already run-to-ground the three suspects in the killing of an American tourist in Cascais, in the early hours of this morning. According
Body of young Irish man discovered in Lisbon street
The body of a young Irish man (no identity so far given) was found in a street in Casal Ventoso, Lisbon, this morning. According to police, there were signs of
PS Socialists to abstain on 2026 State Budget, to ensure political stability
Socialist secretary-general José Luís Carneiro has announced a “demanding abstention” on the 2026 State Budget to “ensure the (country’s) political stability” in spite of the document’s content. The announcement was
Two further PSP agents charged with death of Cape Verdean cook Odair Moniz
Two further PSP officers have been charged with giving false testimony about the knife that “appeared at the scene” to justify the fatal shooting of Cape Verdean cook Odair Moniz
American tourist knifed to death in Cascais mugging; friend seriously injured
Details are only just coming through of an ‘American tourist’ knifed to death in Cascais what is being described as an ‘attempted robbery’ by PSP police. The victim was in
Algarve local elections 2025: meet your new mayor
Portugal’s local elections (Eleições Autárquicas) brought a lot of surprises for the Algarve on Sunday, October 12 – and a huge boost to PS Socialists who ‘won’ the capital, Faro,
Voters restore balance: Local elections see country returning to two-party system
After the ‘unprecedented’ results of legislative elections in May – which saw far-right CHEGA shatter the glass ceiling of the two-party system – Sunday’s local elections restored the balance: the
New synthetic drug associated with overdose deaths arrives in Portugal; man arrested
PJ police have arrested a man suspected of trafficking various drugs, among them a new synthetic substance associated with several overdose deaths in other European countries. A statement on the
Aljezur’s ‘little fish’ became a rallying cry for all those desperate for change
Comment The spectacular win last night of former Aljezur Mayor Manuel Marreiros has put a spring into the step of thousands of local voters, who have spent the last few