Back to school (without mobile phones?)
Return from summer sees 60% of schools open ‘on appointed day’ It’s that time of year again: hundreds of thousands of pupils are returning to school from the summer break;
Society needs pact to resolve social problems – Lisbon bishop
Main problems facing country are poverty, housing, health, education The patriarch of Lisbon has recognised the need for a pact within Portuguese society to resolve the main social problems facing
Police make arrest within 48 hours of Porto’s latest racist attack
Police announced today that they have arrested a 26-year-old man for the two attacks on immigrants in Porto in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The man is facing charges
Immigrants stabbed in two ‘racially motivated attacks’ in Porto
A man armed with a knife pursued Moroccans in Porto’s Campo 24 de Agosto district in the early hours of Tuesday morning, stabbing one of them, reports Jornal de Notícias.
Fire battle in Seixal continues – but flames are contained
Combat reinforced this morning with five firefighting aircraft The fight against the fire that broke out yesterday in an area of scrubland in Amora, Seixal, has been classified as “contained
Algarve, wake up!
In 2013, the decision to merge the administration of the Algarve’s public hospitals was presented as a way of attracting more health professionals to the region and facilitating patients’ access
Faro deputy mayor breathes sigh of relief as corruption probe closed
Paulo Santos, deputy mayor of Faro, has released a statement celebrating the closure of the inquiry Five years later, the Public Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed a legal inquiry into alleged
World’s first 100% electric plane used for pilot training in Viseu
Slovenian Pipistrel Velis Electro has autonomy of 50 minutes The world’s first certified 100% electric aeroplane – a device that makes a “big difference” to the cost of operation –
Wildfire near Seixal threatens NATO munitions store
Wind pushing flames towards Sesimbra A fire that began in the Seixal suburb of Belverde today has already reached one home, and is bearing down on others, as well as
The first Swim Party in Portugal took place along the Algarve coast
Dedication, effort and passion drove 70 athletes to take part in Portugal’s first open water swimming competition. It was at Praia do Carvalho that the 10-kilometre sea race began on