Sweet corruption
Three PSP policemen are on trial in Lisbon this week, accused of selling information in return for bottles of wine and cheese. Money is also alleged to have come into
Heartless thieves
Railway staff were thanking their lucky stars when they caught two men ‘red handed’ stealing vital control boxes that regulate signals and track changes on the Alentejo Line. The loss
Teachers needed
The Ministry of Education is looking to recruit 1,954 teachers to join its ranks. According to the official statement in the government gazette Diário da República, the vacancies are mostly
Giant pastry success
Event || Loulé’s giant pastry event ‘Mega Folhado’ has helped raise €600 and 50 kilos of toys and clothes to be donated to local charities supporting the needy. On May
Oil retreat
North American company Mohave Oil – described as “dedicated to the prospection of gas and petroleum in Western Portugal” – is pulling out of the country at the end of
World Cup update
With the start of the competition proper only two weeks away, Portugal will begin their serious preparation with a friendly international against fellow participants Greece in Lisbon on Saturday, May
Virtual museum a window to the Portuguese Discoveries
All you need to know about Portugal’s Golden Age of Discovery can now be found in a recently launched virtual museum – www.portaldescobrimentos.pt – promoted by the Algarve tourism board.
Estuary clean-up
People of all ages will be coming together on Saturday (May 31) to clean-up the Ria Formosa estuary in Santa Luzia, Tavira. The initiative, starting at 9am, is organised by
Prisons bursting – too often with “small-time offenders”
Following the worrying government report on the prison service’s €27 million debt comes news that the country’s jails are bursting – and not for any of the right reasons. A
30 town councils on brink of bankruptcy
As news broke last week that the country’s most indebted council has been left high and dry – waiting desperately for funding that has now been blocked – we hear