TAP “aware of strange smells on aircraft”, forcing emergency landings
Airline stresses issue “transversal to sector”; only affects “tiny percentage of flights” Following on from the latest emergency landing prompted by ‘fumes’ (rather, ‘very bad smells), Portugal’s flag carrier, TAP
Locals to march against construction of beach restaurant at Loulé wetland
Local citizens are gearing up to march in protest this Saturday (April 19) against the construction of a beach restaurant at Trafal beach in a zone many believed was safe
Government signs contracts for 3,300 palliative care beds
Need for palliative care beds in Portugal is immense Portugal’s caretaker government has signed 90 financing contracts today, worth €88 million, to create 3,300 places in the national palliative care
“No one will be left without care” this Easter, SNS boss vows – despite 10 closed A&E units
“No health system is perfect”, SNS boss insists The executive director of Portugal’s national health service (SNS) is assuring the public that everyone will be taken care of over the
TAP Airbus in emergency landing due to “inhalation of inadequate odours”
Two people assisted due to “inhalation” In yet another strange case of ‘bad smells’ affecting TAP aircraft, a TAP Airbus A320 has had to make an emergency landing in Porto
Portuguese F-16s intercept Russian aircraft flying over Baltic “without complying with international regulations”
Mission took place as part of Operation Enhanced Air Policing 2025 Two Portuguese F-16Ms were activated earlier this week to intercept a Russian aircraft flying over international airspace and not
Beach surveillance stepped up for Easter break
Coastguard rescue service “recognises people may want to go into sea” As Easters go this one definitely won’t be one with sweltering temperatures, but authorities have at least anticipated the
Potentially title-deciding match has Lisbon on high alert
Benfica and Sporting will face off on May 10 in what could be a title-deciding match for both sides Lisbon is bracing for a football finale for the ages, as
US pulls plug on Portuguese wines
With every day bringing another slant on the so-called reciprocal tariffs threatened by US president Donald Trump, the greatest damage so far has been done to Portuguese – and wider
Exhausted populations fighting lithium mines get major vote of support from Left Bloc leader
Mariana Mortágua says “we have to believe it is possible to stop these mines” The coordinator of Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) said today that the populations fighting against lithium