Train strike called for May 8
May 8 promises to be a very bad day for anyone who needs to travel by rail. Hundreds of workers are expected to support the day-long train strike called in
Prison guards strike as scabies threatens jails
As prison guards demonstrated in Lisbon on Friday, a union blog warned that outbreaks of scabies and other skin conditions were threatening health and safety in jails, due to the
Manhunt underway after two die, and two injured, in domestic bloodbath
A police manhunt was underway on Friday after a shootout in a rural community left two women dead and two critically injured. The violence broke out in the middle of
“Stolen-in-UK” children coming back to Portugal
The five Portuguese children forcibly removed from their parents over 15 months ago by British authorities are on their way back to Portugal. It is the news their mother and
Dengue fever dogs World Cup
The Brazilian city of Campinas – the World Cup base of the Portuguese football team – has had to appeal for government help this week as an outbreak of Dengue
Portugal celebrates landmark return to financial markets
Portugal will be making a full return to financial markets on Wednesday. The announcement was made yesterday afternoon by the Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency (IGCP) and confirmed by
Tax man to clamp down on ‘illegal’ renters
They are believed to be raking in as much as a billion euros per year, and now the Troika wants in on the action. It has ordered the government to
Beautiful Piedade
Ponta da Piedade in Lagos has been singled out as “what could very well be the most beautiful beach on Earth” by American online newspaper The Huffington Post. In a
Portuguese mines attract Chileans
After Passos Coelho’s government declared it would use mining as a way of boosting the economy, and Portuguese exports are already worth as much as €856 million, Chilean businessmen are
Vital away win
Olhanense gave themselves a fighting chance of Primeira Liga survival with a 2-1 away win at Rio Ave. The home side, playing SC Braga in the semi-final of the Portugal