Government divided over “new cuts”
As the government’s council of ministers discusses ways of meeting 2015’s 2.5% deficit target, ministers are reported to be falling out over strategy. Justice Minister Paula Teixeira da Cruz remains
Portuguese fruit forced to ‘switch nationality’ to sell overseas
Portuguese fruit and veg have missed the export boat big time. It will take as many as three years to do all the ‘homework’ the country needs to get properly
Rent-a-car controversy: ANA strikes back
In a full-page ‘advert’ taken out in Correio da Manhã newspaper this week, airports authority ANA has set the record straight. After weeks of political whinges over the authority’s new
Ellie ‘custody breakthrough’: family elated
An elated Candice Gannon told the Resident this afternoon (April 7) how she “still cannot believe” that daughter Ellie is on her way back home. A fraught custody hearing in
‘EN125 renovation work should be a priority,’ says tourism chief
Although the government has left the EN125 road renovation work off the list of priority investments in the Algarve, the region’s tourism boss has stressed that the road is in
‘Pool of blood' mystery near Portimão Hospital
Thursday (April 3) would have been a day like any other in Portimão – if it wasn’t for the huge “pool of blood” that appeared only metres from the town’s
“Relaxed” Brit accused of beating Portuguese to death pleads not guilty
A young Briton accused of beating a Portuguese man to death has pleaded not guilty via video link. Answering to the charge of murder of 45-year-old João Esteves from Lisbon,
Community rubs eyes over flying sawdust
An “abnormal quantity” of granulated wood residue was blasted into the air from a malfunctioning silo at a pellet factory in Cercal do Alentejo, leaving people throughout the town rubbing
Socialists query €50 million ‘saving plan’ for rail and road network
Government plans to merge the country’s Refer (rail network) with Estradas de Portugal (national road authority) will save Portugal a cool €50 million – but will they work? This is
University researcher creates Portugal’s first ‘virtual poet’
Computers have become literary genius and are now ‘writing’ poetry, thanks to Coimbra University researcher Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira who has created Portugal’s first virtual poet. ‘PoeTryMe’ is a computer programme