Two arrested in swoop on alleged corruption involving Benfica football club
It is dubbed ‘e-toupeira’ – alluding to emails and a mole (toupeira) – and it is the name for a new Public Ministry investigation into alleged corruption of “two judicial
Algarve desperately needs new central hospital, say doctors
A doctors’ union is calling for the urgent construction of the Algarve’s “central hospital” which they say has been in the pipeline for over 10 years but has never moved
IKEA buys Pisco wind farm in north of Portugal
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has announced the purchase of the Pisco wind farm in the north of Portugal. The company has not disclosed the value of the deal but Dinheiro
Soldiers trained to combat fires are ‘leaving army due to firefighting demands’
Soldiers trained to fight fires have been leaving the army in significant numbers due to the “work overload demanded”. So says an exclusive in tabloid Jornal da Notícias today, stressing
Study shows Portuguese work harder than Germans or Dutch
After all the jokes – and the misery of the Troika years – a new study has shown that ‘afinal’ the Portuguese work longer hours than many European counterparts. So
Academics challenge Passos Coelho’s credentials for ‘new career’
Academics have reacted in dismay to news that former PSD leader Pedro Passos Coelho will be lecturing at Lisbon’s renowned ISCSP (Superior Institute of Politics and Social Sciences). They explain
Operation Marquês “unlikely to get hearing this time next year”
Appeal court judges have rejected yet another bid by former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates to have ‘superjudge’ Carlos Alexandre removed from the case, but the news is unlikely to
Sardine stocks “doubled in a year”, say researchers
With the fishing of sardines still prohibited until the end of April, results of a scientific study led by sea and atmosphere institute IPMA reveal that stocks of the nation’s
Families on Costa da Caparica face eviction to make way for high-quality tourist complex
As many as 20 Portuguese families, comprising over 100 people, who have lived in three streets close to Costa da Caparica on the outskirts of Lisbon for 40 years face
French top list of foreign property buyers in Portugal
French and Brazilian nationals bought the most houses out of any foreigners in Portugal last year, leaving the Brits as the third main foreign market for property purchases in the