GNR agent attacked in Faro after responding to call-out
Agent suffers minor injuries, receives treatment in hospital A GNR agent was treated in hospital after responding to a report of assault involving three people, two of whom have already
Greenhouse gas emissions in Portugal fell by 6.3% in 2023
Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 6.3% last year in Portugal, the second warmest year in the last 93 years, the National Statistics Institute (INE) has revealed. The reduction in emissions,
Ineffable is 2024’s most researched word in Portugal
In a year marked by wars and upsets, and in which the expression ‘red lines’ has been rendered meaningless, “ineffable” has been found to be the most researched word in
Lisbon jewellery shop robbed for 12th time…
A masked man armed with a pistol robbed the Bim Bam jewellery shop on Estrada de Benfica, Lisboa, yesterday morning, managing to make his getaway with ‘various items of jewellery’
Half borough councils charge ‘minimum IMI’ pre-2025 elections
With “everything possible” being used from now on until next September by political parties to ‘score points off each other’ in the run up to the municipal elections, one form
Braga mayor suspected of receiving favours
PSD mayor of Braga Ricardo Rio has been made an official suspect (arguido) in an investigation into a trip to the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle (on the invitation of Microsoft)
Portuguese set for ‘leaner’ Christmas in terms of spending
Portuguese citizens spend a third of their financial outlay on Christmas on food, according to a ‘festive’ study by IPAM (Porto marketing business school), but even so, spending this year
Firefighters’ union calls national strike on January 15
Strike is “response to government’s unwilligness” to negotiate pay rises requested Portugal’s National Union of Sapper Firefighters (SNBS) will hold a national strike on January 15 and has called for
Two arrested in major police operation in Lisbon immigrant neighbourhood
Local politician furious about operation: “What happened yesterday is typical of an Islamic or Latin American dictatorship” Two people were detained by PSP police in an operation in Martim Moniz,
Aldi opens new supermarket in Parchal
This is Aldi’s 22nd store in Algarve German supermarket chain Aldi has opened a new two-storey store in Parchal, Lagoa, its 22nd in the Algarve. Located on Rua Infante de