INEM hokey-cokey: president recently nominated resigns, replacement already named
INEM’s ‘troubles’ centre on controversial contracts The government’s issues with INEM, Portugal’s Institute for Medical Emergency, hit a new bend in the road this week when Vítor Almeida, the 58-year-old
Update: Six injured – two seriously – as train crashes into car in Silves
The Algarve railway line is closed due to the accident Six people were injured – two seriously – this morning when a train crashed into a car at the Poço
Portugal has Europe’s highest proportion of one-child families
Portugal is the country in the European Union with the highest proportion of families with only one child, Portuguese statistics platform PORDATA revealed today, on the occasion of World Population
Portugal has more than 3,000 centenarians
Portugal has more than 3,000 citizens who are 100 years old, or even older. The tally however does not put this country into the top slot in Europe for its
Air Force studies heliports for new medical emergency plan
Portugal’s Air Force has already begun gathering information on the more than 70 heliports and aerodromes throughout the country that could serve as a basis for the plan that the
Health ministry owes fire stations more than €28 million for non-urgent patient transport
Questioned in parliament today, António Nunes, president of the League of Portuguese Firefighters explained how just the Ministry of Health owes corporations more than €28 million for ‘non-urgent patient transport’
Decree-law approved defining recovery of teachers’ frozen years
The Council of Ministers has today approved a decree-law that defines the terms of the recovery of teachers’ length of service, the minister of the presidency announced, emphasising that the
Electronic summons approved by Council of Ministers
Today’s Council of Ministers has approved a draft law, to be presented to parliament, enabling electronic summons and notification in legal proceedings. At a press conference at the end of
President of Portugal’s Fire Brigades League slams Civil Protection hierarchy for incompetence
“They should have left a long time ago” President of the Portugal’s Firefighters’ League (LBP) António Nunes has called today for the resignation of Civil Protection bosses, due to their
Football fans clash in Albufeira after England-Netherlands match
GNR police intervened after the brawl broke out in Albufeira but no one was identified GNR police were forced to intervene on Thursday night (July 10) after a brawl broke