Rambo raid
PSP officers raided the home of a modern-day Rambo in Chão do Bispo near Coimbra on Monday, discovering rifles, shotguns, silencers, daggers, a sword and bucket load of ammo hidden
Playfield paedophile
The trial of a 60-year-old playing field paedophile began behind closed door this week in Caldas da Rainha. The man, the head of a recreational association, is reported to have
Alcoutim running
The seventh Alcoutim Athletics Grand Prix (Grande Prémio de Atletismo) is scheduled to take place on May 18. The running competition is open to professional and non-professional athletes of all
Portuguese batty library “the most awesome in the world”
Book Riot, an American website for book lovers, has published an online article nominating Mafra Palace Library in Portugal as “the most awesome in the world”. It’s all due to
Six months “just to pay taxes”
Taxpayers in Portugal will all have to work until June 6 this year before they have paid their ‘tax load’ to the State. That’s eight days more than they had
Tax authorities go “undercover”
News on the street is that tax inspectors are now planning ‘undercover’ attacks. “What if the anonymous client who asks you for a receipt is a tax inspector gathering evidence?”
Divorce lawyer killed by angry husband
In another horrific case of violence against women, a man has brutally battered to death the divorce lawyer handling the breakup of his marriage on behalf of the wife. Francisco
Sea tragedy
A sudden wave in the early hours of Tuesday morning off Castelo do Neiva, Viana do Castelo, caused a fishing boat in search of octopus to turn-turtle, with fatal consequences.
Infralobo vs homeowners: the fight continues
In their most recent move to contest “disproportionate and unfair” water charges, homeowners in small developments around Vale do Lobo have sent dozens of letters to the national water regulating
“Sinister plot” almost blocked Ellie’s reunion with mother
They literally “got out in the nick of time”. Anyone who has been following stories of tug-of-love nine-year-old Ellie Kelly Silva will have breathed huge sighs of relief on Monday