Ex-prime minister José Sócrates now implicated in Portugal’s escalating financial scandals
Former prime minister José Sócrates has now been caught up in the escalating spiral of financial scandals sweeping through Portugal’s elite. Days after BES banking mogul Ricardo Espírito Santo Salgado
BES losses confirmed at €3.6 billion as new scandals rock the Espírito Santo empire
The BES scandal escalated last night as losses in the first six months of this year were confirmed at €3.6 billion. They are not simply the worst banking losses on
Problems for Professional Football League
Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and FC Porto, the power brokers behind the professional game in Portugal, met at the headquarters of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) earlier this week to discuss
Transgenic alert over cornflour imported from Colombia
The Portuguese platform against genetically-modified foods has sounded the alert this week over a form of cornflour imported from Colombia. Marketed under the brand name PAN, the flour is being
Data nightmare
It is meant to be the country’s criminal database – to be consulted by police and lawmakers – but instead it’s a “slow, complex and frustrating” nightmare of a system
Summer canteens
Financial difficulties suffered by so many families have led a growing number of councils to open up school canteens through the summer, offering meals. The principal aim is to guarantee
Portugal's police distribute free "I'm Here!" child ID bracelets at Algarve airport
Special bracelets aimed at helping authorities identify missing children between the ages of two and nine are available this summer for no charge at the Algarve’s seven PSP police stations.
Ebola worries
The probability of “importing Ebola” into Portugal is “low, but it is not zero”, health expert Graça Freitas told Rádio Renascença this week. Thus government authorities have developed a contingency
Five fishermen rescued off Sagres' Cape S. Vincent
As the Resident went to press, five fishermen from Peniche were being rescued at sea after their boat ran into difficulties 130 nautical miles (240 km) off Sagres’ Cape S.
Alcoutim offers new mums €5,000 a baby
Expectant mums with nowhere to go are being encouraged to make straight for Alcoutim. It’s the borough with the lowest birthrate on record in Portugal and is now offering €5,000