Portimonense – Lion slayers!
PORTIMONENSE 4-2 SPORTING Sporting’s title hopes were dealt a severe blow as Shoya Nakajima inspired Portimonense to a convincing victory over the Lisbon giants at the municipal stadium last Sunday
Onshore quake rattles Monchique
Days after an offshore quake caused buildings to shudder and groan in the centre and north of the country, an onshore tremor measuring 2.9 on the Richter Scale has startled
Court spares car workers from Sunday shifts but Autoeuropa vows to appeal
The stand-off at Palmela’s Autoeuropa car plant continues this week even though a court in Barreiro has ruled in favour of an embargo to shifts on Sundays presented by eight
Monchique wants to set Guinness World Record for largest crochet blanket
A community initiative to make the “world’s largest crochet blanket” and then exhibit it for a day at the top of Fóia is being developed in Monchique by local association
Environmental taxes send a cool €5 billion rolling into State coffers
Expresso headlines the news: “Pollution costs more than €5 billion in taxes”, but the truth is there’s money in environmental conservation, and it is rolling into State coffers at a
27% of Portuguese “never go to the dentist”
In a conflicting report this week, the Barometer of Oral Health says that 27% of Portuguese never go to the dentist “or only go in an emergency”. But 92% consider
“There are 18,000 jobs in Portugal for emigrés fleeing Venezuela”
With the situation in Venezuela becoming ever more precarious, Portuguese authorities have announced this week that there are 18,000 jobs to be offered emigrés fleeing the crisis and returning home.
Ryanair to open 12 new routes for Portugal by next summer
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, low-cost airline Ryanair keeps delivering surprises – and the latest one of the better ones: by next summer, the company will open 12 new routes
Gay Portuguese duped four straight men into having sex
Duarte Xavier has been found guilty in England of having lured four men into having sex with him by posing as a woman on the dating app Tinder. He insisted
Agents who shot 40 rounds into car killing woman passenger “acted in legitimate defence
An internal police investigation into the accidental shooting of a Brazilian woman during a ‘car chase’ in Lisbon last year has concluded that the six agents who released 40 rounds