Government sets out to block non-resident foreigners from accessing state health service
Fault lies in Basic Health Law, says MP (former president of Order of Physicians) Portugal’s centre-right government is to propose restrictions on access by non-resident foreigners to the state health
Woman arrested in Algarve for bold €235,000 real estate scam
Woman posed as legal professional to lure victims into fake property deals PJ police have arrested a 49-year-old woman on suspicion of orchestrating a sophisticated real estate scam that defrauded
Government gives mining company green-light to ‘invade property’
Residents decry move as “abandonment of achievements” of overthrow of dictatorship In another clear sign that Portugal’s centre-right government means to comply with Brussels ‘Critical Raw Materials’ Act to the
Honking demonstration called to mark end of A22 tolls on January 1
Drivers will be encouraged to honk their horns on A22 to mark the occasion CUVI – the anti-toll group which opposed the introduction of tolls on the Algarve’s A22 motorway
Teen girl rescued after being bound and forced into car trunk
Suspect is said to be the victim’s ex-boyfriend A 14-year-old girl was rescued by GNR police on Tuesday after being abducted in the northern Portuguese town of Paços de Ferreira
Portugal “very concerned” about crisis in Georgia, PM says
Luís Montenegro says EU “must be very clear in telling the Georgian people that the respect for human rights and the values of democracy must be ensured” Portugal is following
Almost €1 billion to be pumped into SNS to help settle debts
The Portuguese government will transfer almost €1 billion to local health units and Portuguese cancer institutes to reduce debts and strengthen the sustainability of the National Health Service (SNS), it
Tavira opens new Animal Well-Being Centre
Centre will take in stray, abandoned or abused animals and try to find them forever homes The municipal council of Tavira inaugurated its new Centro de Bem-Estar Animal (Centre of
North joins Galicia in joint tourism promotion in US, Canada and Brazil
The Galicia-Northern Portugal tourism cluster will promote itself in countries such as the United States, Canada and Brazil, backed by European funding totalling €690,000. The announcement was made in Barcelos,
It’s official: Portugal to co-host 2030 World Cup
FIFA, the international football governing body, has officially confirmed Portugal, Spain and Morocco as the co-hosts of the 2030 World Cup. The announcement at the FIFA Congress this Wednesday was