Eight Nepalese agricultural workers homeless following fire in Odemira
Eight Nepalese agricultural workers have been made homeless following a house fire in the parish of São Teotónio – the area notorious for having foreign agricultural workers living in sub-standard
Defence minister calls meeting of Superior Military Council to “analyse Ukraine’s situation”
Portugal’s minister of defence João Gomes Cravinho is calling a meeting of the Superior Military Council today, with one point on the agenda: “analysis of the situation in Ukraine”. An
Firefighters to receive 81 State-of-the-Art forestry vehicles
Today is national Civil Protection Day, and in commemoration a press release explains that thanks to EU funds for Portugal’s PRR – recovery and resilience plan – firefighters will be
Beekeeper ‘terrorised young woman by putting swarms in her letterbox’
A love-spurned beekeeper has been condemned to one year and four months in jail, suspended, for ‘pursuing’ the object of his unrequited intentions by putting swarms of wasps in her
Mystery as 85-year-old found stabbed to death in Vila Nova de Gaia
The death of an 85-year-old man in Vila Nova de Gaia, and the brutal stabbing of his long-term partner is “shrouded in mystery”, says Correio da Manhã today. The man’s
Coimbra man receives suspended sentence for child abuse
A 41-year-old Coimbra man has received a two-and-a-half year prison sentence, suspended for four years, for sexually-abusing the 11-year-old daughter of one of his neighbours. He has also been stripped
Felicity Ace sinks after dismal days in which entire cargo of luxury cars was lost
Felicity Ace – the cargo ship that caught fire off the Azores mid-February – has finally sunk, just short of the Portuguese ‘economic and exclusive zone’. The smouldering ship was
New study shows teens seven times more likely to develop myocarditis after second dose of Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19
An investigation in Hong Kong, the results of which were published last Friday, shows the risk of myocarditis in teens increases markedly with the second dose of Pfizer vaccine in
Ministers outline Portugal’s ‘fast-track’ asylum plan for incoming Ukrainian refugees
Today’s Council of Ministers ended with a press conference outlining Portugal’s fast track asylum plan for incoming Ukrainian refugees. In a sense the news was confirmation of soundbites that have
Novo Bank “stuck” with Russian Gazprom debt; “stands to lose millions of euros”, say reports
Depending on which news outlets one reads, Portugal’s Novo Banco is said to be seriously exposed to Russian debt, standing to lose many millions of euros. Tabloid Correio da Manhã