Portugal cashes in on €45 million sale to Sweden of Embraer KC-390s
Yesterday was a ‘big day’ for Portugal’s defence sector, in that Sweden – one of NATO’s newest members – confirmed its purchase for around €45 million of four KC-390 military
Air Force bases cancel public events as Portugal “elevates levels of readiness and training”
Portugal’s Air Force has cancelled a series of public events scheduled at its air bases throughout the country over the next few weeks. The official reason is that “the situation
PJ homicide squad investigate ‘disappearance’ of young Russian in Lisbon
Lisbon detectives with the homicide squad of the PJ judicial police are investigating the disappearance of a young Russian, Mikhail Gordeev, who lived and worked legally in this country, with
Operation Influencer: Judges won’t budge over €75,800 found in office of former PM’s chief-of-staff
Vítor Escária, the former chief-of-staff of PS leader António Costa, in whose office over €75,000 was found, divided up into several envelopes and stored inside books, is finding it very
Government plans ‘profound alteration of rules for taking driving licence’
The government is preparing a “profound alteration of the rules to take the driving licence in Portugal” – and it is already stirring up a hornet’s nest of outrage (principally
Ryanair announces new winter routes for Portugal, uses occasion to criticise
Ryanair Group’s CEO Michael O’Leary is not known for pulling his punches, and today he kept that reputation intact. Announcing four new routes for Portugal this winter, he used the
PJ returns to site of Glória tragedy
Over two weeks since the deadly crash of the Glória funicular in Lisbon, PJ police were back at the site where 16 people lost their lives, and 22 more were
Airport handlers cancel strike after being thwarted over ‘minimum services’
Good news for once for aircraft passengers – a three-month ‘strike’ called by airport handlers has been cancelled (indignantly) because the minimum services decreed would have obliged them to perform
“Home births never safe”, says health minister who cannot secure normal operation of country’s maternity units
In a statement that will have many expectant mothers snorting in derision, if not outrage, Portugal’s health minister Ana Paula Martins has told a parliamentary health committee that albeit ‘home
Portugal on spot in race to harness lithium
Portugal is once again in the crosshairs of the European ‘race to harness lithium’ for electric mobility. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has called this