Over 137,000 sign petition to make rape a public crime
Campaign also calls for tougher sentences and recognition of femicide More than 137,000 people have signed a petition urging the Portuguese Parliament to take stronger action against violence against women
Creeping ‘age crisis’ within PSP police force
Around a third aged between 50-59, almost half over-40 Age and recruitment appear to be the creeping crises affecting PSP police – the force that works in urban areas. According
Truck tips over on Algarve’s A22, scattering cargo across motorway
UPDATE: Traffic reopened on the affected stretch of the motorway at 2.34pm, civil protection authorities have confirmed Drivers on the A22 motorway in the Algarve faced an early-morning headache today
PM insists need for housing ‘much too great to depend on banking dividends’
Portugal’s election campaign struggles for attention under tariff spotlight With so much chaos from America flooding the news pages, the fact that Portugal is yet again facing legislative elections is
Surveillance cameras approved for Algarve’s Vilamoura
49 cameras will be installed around the marina and surrounding access points The Portuguese government has greenlit the installation of a CCTV video surveillance system in the Algarve resort of
Government meets to discuss “possible responses to tariffs” as President Trump backpedals
Brussels applauds President Trump’s 90-day reprieve Government ministers are meeting today to discuss the whole issue of tariffs in light of conversations it has had with the business sector. The
Trump’s tariffs spark fears for American tourism in Portugal
Concern grows that tariffs could put a dent in Portugal’s booming tourism industry Portugal’s tourism sector is growing increasingly worried about the possible effects of the tariffs promised by US
Restaurant boss bludgeoned to death after ‘resisting’ robbery in Mortágua
Luís Dâmaso was dead by time authorities reached scene A man in his 50s was bludgeoned to death yesterday afternoon by men who burst in to the Lagoa Azul restaurant
PJ’s prison corruption swoop uncovers “clandestine drug production laboratory”
Flat in Lisbon “functioned exclusively as laboratory” PJ judicial police have dismantled a clandestine drug production laboratory operating out of a flat in Lisbon. The discovery came during the operation
Lagoa announces plan to redevelop key area of town
Municipal Archive will be created, as well as new parking, street and public square The municipal council of Lagoa has officially purchased the old Caves Dom Teodósio warehouse, currently home