Immigrant slavery arrests: court hearings begin this afternoon
The criminal organisation dismantled yesterday in Operation ‘Safra Justa’ (Fair Harvest) will see eleven alleged participants, all of them police, undergo their first judicial interrogation at Lisbon’s central criminal court
Fire commander balks at dismissing 11 firefighters accused of ‘gang rape’
Firefighting commander José Sousa is balking at the prospect of dismissing the 11 men in his service arrested on suspicion of having sodomized a 19-year-old recruit on his first two
Iberian lynx still endangered despite “spectacular growth”
The Iberian lynx has made an impressive comeback over the past decade, but experts warn that the famous wild cat is not out of danger yet. Speaking at the International
Back into the coop: domestic birds confined once more due to avian flu
Portugal’s Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Affairs (DGAV) has ordered the confinement of domestic birds (ducks, geese, chickens, guinea fowl, quails, racing pigeons) throughout the mainland. “Considering the serious epidemiological
Outrage over alleged minting of Israeli coins in Portugal
NGOs and political parties are outraged today by claims that ‘Casa da Moeda’, the Portuguese Mint, is to start manufacturing coins for Israel. According to employees of Casa da Moeda,
Artenata returns this weekend to Ferragudo
Ferragudo is preparing the biggest festive weekend of its holiday season as the 18th edition of Artenata returns from Saturday to Monday (November 29-December 1) to the Rainha D. Leonor
Santa Claus to arrive in Faro by fire truck
Faro is in Christmas mode after the municipality switched on its festive lights last Friday, November 21, with the tree at Praça da Liberdade (Pontinha) illuminated by local mayor António
Portimão lights up with new-look ‘Christmas Dream’
Portimão is gearing up to switch on the Christmas lights and reopen its winter wonderland as the town’s Christmas Dream (Sonho de Natal) returns from December 1 to January 6,
“Very tough winter” ahead due to new flu strain
Portugal’s Health Minister said on Monday that the national health service (SNS) will be under “enormous pressure” this winter due to a new strain of flu. “We have very, very
Eleven Fundão firefighters arrested on “strong suspicions” of rape
Eleven volunteer firefighters from the Fundão Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters have been arrested today by PJ Judicial Police (PJ) on suspicion of having raped another 19-year-old firefighter ‘in a