Hundreds of sapper firefighters lead new protest in Lisbon
“We’re reaching a point of no return…” Hundreds of sapper firefighters led a new protest today in Lisbon, outside Campus XXI where a meeting was taking place between unions and
Immigrants responsible for just over half Lisbon’s Sexually Transmitted Infections
Majority of immigrants from Portuguese language countries Half of all cases of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) flagged in the Lisbon region last year were in immigrants, according to study of the
Parliament celebrates “49 years since November 25, 1975”
Date to some is synonymous with April 25 revolution Today, parliament commemorates the 49th anniversary of November 25, 1975, with a solemn session that will follow the model of the
Algarve named World’s Leading Beach Destination!
Portugal brings home 20 tourism ‘Oscars’ from World Travel Awards The Algarve has been named the World’s Leading Beach Destination at the 2024 edition of the World Travel Awards (WTA),
Police identify nine most common phone scams, urging population “don’t fall for them”
Be suspicious in any situation of ‘urgency’ The nine most commonly used telephone scam methods were identified by Portugal’s PSP police in a communiqué today, alerting people to frauds that
Three judges under suspicion of ‘cheating’ with artificial intelligence
Appeal court judges suspected of using ChatGPT (or similar) to overturn pretrial ruling “Strange expressions, careless Portuguese and citations of articles that don’t exist in the law”. These were the
Family of man gunned down by police present formal complaint
Odair Moniz’s fatal shooting sparked a wave of violent attacks across capital The family of Odair Moniz, the Cape Verdean man killed by a PSP police officer a month ago,
Leading Portuguese scientist laments sector’s “chronic underfunding”
Maria Manuel Mota considers more ambition is needed One of the country’s most lauded scientists, Maria Manuel Mota, has spoken out against the “chronic underfunding” of her sector, as parliament
Portugal wins Best Golf Destination titles for 3rd year running
Country is World’s Best Golf Destination – and Europe’s too Portugal has won the award for “Best Golf Destination in the World” at the World Golf Awards 2024 in Funchal,
Lisbon city council to tighten noise, night time opening rules
Quality of life in city “jeopardised by unregulated growth of nightlife” Lisbon city council intends to present a new municipal regulation on noise and the opening hours of commercial establishments,