PM delights in “exceptional international recognition”
Compiling data on five economic indicators – inflation, the diversion of inflation, GDP, employment and unemployment – the magazine describes Portugal’s results as “as sweet as a pastel de nata”.
Chinese businessman laundered over €200 million through accounts of 400 shell companies
Yesterday’s PJ ‘coup’ over the dismantling of an ‘international money-laundering network’ steered clear of pointing the finger too brazenly. Today, the focus of this investigation has become much more clear:
Edgar Martins awarded Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize 2025
Edgar Martins won the Grand Prize of the Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize 2025, awarded by the SAF Association, with the work Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He
Man arrested after “crime of passion” killing in Lagos
PJ police have arrested a 55-year-old man in Lagos on strong suspicion of stabbing another man to death in what investigators describe as a crime of “passion”. According to the
Strike? What strike? Government suggests support between 0-10%
With the media describing a country with multiple sectors off-work today, the government is saying quite the opposite – suggesting the “mass adhesion” reported by syndicates is more like a
Algarve: kick start 2026 with “Good Energy”
Algarve Tourism has launched a new multimedia campaign targeting the Portuguese and Spanish markets—especially Andalusia—to promote the region as the ideal destination to welcome 2026. With the tagline “Start the
Vila Real de Santo António to serve giant Christmas cake
Vila Real de Santo António is gearing up once again for one of its sweetest festive traditions: the unveiling and serving of its giant Bolo-Rei, set to take place this
Algarve ‘serial killer’ gets 25 years for murder of Brazilian escort
José Mascarenhas, the man, already dubbed ‘Algarve serial killer’ in the press, has been condemned (finally) to 25 years in jail for the murder of 25-year-old Brazilian ‘escort’ Josielly Rodrigues.
Syndicates describe “mass adhesion” to today’s general strike
With today’s general strike already set to spill over into Friday (giving public sector workers yet another long weekend) warnings are that this is ‘just the beginning’. The hope expressed
Hospital insists it followed all necessary protocol over patient who ‘turns up dead after 26 days’
The body of an elderly man found yesterday near the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) of the Lisbon PSP had been admitted to and discharged from the A&E department of Lisbon’s