Nineteen year old dies after shooting in Amadora
Young man shot during New Year festivities A 19-year-old died in the early hours of this morning after being shot in Amadora, during the New Year festivities. According to reports,
PM chooses “investment” as key word of 2025
Prime minister pips president to post in marking turn of year The Prime Minister’s New Year message repeats the word ‘investment’ and emphasises the need to save the welfare state.
Algarve tolls: fight isn’t over. “Gantries have to go too!”
CUVI insists threat of tolls’ return remains as long as gantries left standing From tomorrow, seven highways turned into paying motorways 14 years ago will return to being free of
Doctors’ federation denounces salary agreement as “betrayal of all doctors working in public health”
FNAM, the national federation of doctors, has denounced the agreement between its counterpart (more right wing) union SIM and the government, as a betrayal of all doctors working in the
Municipal Assemblies call for “more means” to implement new land law
Portugal’s association of municipal assemblies has called for ‘empowerment of local democratic power’ to accompany the increase in responsibilities coming from the change in the land law. In a statement
CHEGA ‘fully pumped’ for 2025
CHEGA’s New Year message: ‘Let 2025 be the year of “definitive affirmation” that CHEGA is a party for an alternative’, could be seen as an ambition lifted from the winning
Government’s ‘super-manager’ quits before he starts
Following the ‘misunderstanding’ (widely believed to have been politically-motivated) between the Bank of Portugal (now governed by former Socialist finance minister Mário Centeno) and the government, the proposed ‘super manager’
Tourist overnight stays in Portugal ‘just keep rising’
Stays increase by 4.1% to November, totalling 76 million Overnight stays in Portugal’s tourist accommodation sector just keep rising. Taken from January to November, they increased by 4.1% – to
Fatal ballooning accident involved safety, pilot and operator failures
Final report highlights repeated “underestimation of risks” An investigation into a fatal accident in April involving a hot-air balloon near the Alqueva reservoir, in the municipality of Mourão, Évora district,
Audit uncovers alarming security failures at Portuguese prisons
Long list of issues detailed in the audit An audit of security conditions across Portugal’s 49 prisons has revealed significant shortcomings in equipment, management, and resource allocation. Delivered by the