Lisbon cops go “Hollywood”
In an extraordinary press release received this week from Lisbon PSP, we can reveal that the capital’s cops have gone “Hollywood”. The combination of last week’s early heat wave and
Rolling Stones rock "Rock in Rio"
The Rolling Stones, Linkin Park, Justin Timberlake and Queens of the Stone Age top an incredible list of musical icons performing at Lisbon’s Rock in Rio 2014, starting this weekend.
Nice discussions on Portuguese investment opportunities
As the ongoing “French invasion” continues apace – snapping properties up all over the country – over 14,000 people were expected at a business conference held in Nice on Friday
Safe play
Tavira municipality will be carrying out improvement work to school playgrounds, in a €146,000 investment. The work is expected to begin in June and will take around three months to
Swiss despair
The exodus of Portuguese workers to Switzerland continues unabated with more than 15,000 people flooding into the country desperate for work since 2012. Talking to Swiss newspaper La Liberté, Portuguese
“Baby-hurling” British couple allege police brutality and theft
Safe home in Northern Ireland, the couple whose allegedly drunken holiday antics in Albufeira led to their baby daughter being removed by the authorities last week claim the whole story
Lagos bum-sniper grips community by fear
A Lagos community is walking in fear after a mystery airgun sniper let rip this week, injuring five pedestrians in their buttocks as they struggled through torrential rain. PSP police
Lisbon air traffic hits record high for Champions League final
Air traffic in Lisbon is expected to reach a record high tomorrow (May 24) for the highly-anticipated Champions League final between Atletico and Real Madrid at Estádio da Luz. NAV,
Update: Met and PJ “step up” Algarve hunt for missing Madeleine
With an odd choice of words, British police have announced “a substantial stage of operational activity” in the Algarve-based hunt for seven-years-missing Madeleine McCann, although they affirm they want to
Bad taxi
Four taxi drivers found to be swindling tourists during trips from Lisbon airport have all been temporarily stripped of their vehicles and now run the risk of being banned from