Threats of reprisals pepper social media following fatal shooting in Viseu
Car in which suspect fled has been recovered With the presumed author of the shots that killed one and injured two others in Viseu on Friday evening still ‘evading authorities’,
CHEGA seizes on Viseu shooting to press for urgent parliamentary debate
Party leader describes “growing state of insecurity in Portugal” The leader of Portugal’s right-wing party CHEGA has called for an urgent debate in parliament on January 7, dedicated to security
German dies following paragliding accident in Sagres
Initially reported as seriously injured, victim was transported to Lagos Hospital A German man, age not specified, has died today following a paragliding accident close to Sagres Fortress, in the
Bank of Portugal refuses to stump up for government’s ‘super-manager’
Government hoped €15,000-a-month salary would remain paid by central bank The Bank of Portugal has set the record straight today, following an ‘exclusive’ in Correio da Manhã suggesting the government
PJ takes part in Interpol op that sees arrest of 58 high-risk criminals
Portugal’s PJ judicial police took part in an Interpol operation, carried out between July and December this year, aimed at capturing many of the most dangerous fugitives in Latin America,
Portugal on ‘blacklist’ for failing to contain explosion in house prices
Another study alerts to Portugal’s ‘worsening housing crisis’ Portugal is one of the (very) few OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries failing to contain the explosion in house
Tupperware factory closure threatens “around 200 people” with unemployment
Hundreds have already lost jobs in Portuguese auto-sector With this year already proving challenging for businesses in the automotive sector, further job losses are due to follow as the Tupperware
Courier claims to have been robbed by trio, including 10 year old boy and man on crutches
A Lebanese courier travelling through Amadora on his delivery route claims to have been robbed of all the money he was carrying after being held up at gunpoint by a
Problems between neighbours leads police to illegal arsenal
A fall-out between neighbours in Loures (Greater Lisbon area) led PSP to arrest a 49-year-old man over Christmas after three machetes, a spear, a ‘butterfly’ knife, and two airguns were
One dead after “family argument in Viseu’s Palácio de Gelo ends with gunshots
Suspected shooter still believed to be ‘on the run’ One woman has died, and two other people (a man and a woman) are being treated in hospital after what has