Pingo Doce and GNR host Christmas lunch for 100 elderly people in Faro
Part of a nationwide campaign, the lunch took place on December 4 at Monte de Vale d’Éguas. In partnership with the GNR, the Pingo Doce supermarket chain is organising five
10,000 litres of gasoline seized in Tavira police operation
Men were spotted suspiciously transferring jerrycans of fuel from a van to a boat A GNR police operation in Santa Luzia, Tavira, led to the seizure of over 10,000 litres
Corruption: Justice Minister promises changes to combat “social disease”
It’s International Anti-Corruption Day… again On yet another International Anti-Corruption Day, forces and entities in Portugal have been discussing how to tackle this “social disease” which appears immune to almost
Fishing quotas on line in new meeting in Brussels
Portugal’s minister for agriculture and fisheries, José Manuel Fernandes, is in Brussels today fighting Portugal’s corner as new TACs (total allowable catches) and quota are being decided for 2025. Just
Ex-Portugal, Man Utd star Nani announces retirement
Nani has retired at the age of 38 Portuguese football star Nani – who won four Premier League titles and one Champions League with Manchester United, as well as the
Navy’s Chief of Staff under ‘attacks from all sides’
Since it became clear that Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, Chief of Staff of the Navy (due to ‘retire’ on December 27) could be thinking of standing in Portugal’s 2026
Tangerine tragedy in Oliveira de Azeméis
A 65-year-old man died on Sunday morning in a tragic accident involving the picking of tangerines. What appears to have happened is that the man set up a ladder –
Two Algerians sought after man stabbed in head in Porto
Two men, both Algerian, are being sought by PSP police after they allegedly stabbed a third man in the head, in Praça do Marquês de Pombal, in the Paranhos district
Climate protestors ‘turn off Christmas lights’ in Lisbon
Climáximo – the group of climate activists notorious for carrying out ‘actions’ in Lisbon – was busy over the weekend ‘turning off Christmas lights’ in various thoroughfares of Lisbon. The
Reflecting on a great year of events with more in store for 2025
Brazil on the schedule for 2025 2024 has been a busy year for Open Media, publishers of the Portugal Resident, with a total of 17 events both in Portugal and