MP accuses airports authority of stalking car rental firms
Algarve MP Cristovão Norte (PSD) has accused airport operator ANA of implementing “predatory measures” against small rent-a-car companies, which represent an “abuse of the operator’s dominant position”. His stance came
Police launch manhunt for scrapyard murderer
Polícia Judiciária have launched a manhunt after a 75-year-old man known as the “Sucateiro de Lagoa” (Scrap merchant of Lagoa) was found shot head at his company’s warehouse, Auto Peçusa,
GNR sauce
As GNR officers were flagging down motorists throughout the country in Operation ‘Mercúrio’, one likely lad in uniform was having a high-old time stripping off from a hard day’s work
Mixed feelings as PJ moves into swanky new HQ
There were mixed feelings when Prime Minister Passos Coelho opened the Polícia Judiciária’s massive new ‘home’ in Lisbon today. The gigantic structure that cost €87 million to build and covers
Hiking friends rescued from cliff face
Two foreign residents hiking along the west coast had to be rescued last week after dramatic hours stranded on a cliff face. The nightmare began when one of the men,
Warm-water dolphin washes up near Lagos
Years ago it would have been unheard of, but the comparatively warmer waters of the Algarve have now seen a ‘warm-water’ dolphin wash up on Meia Praia beach. The striped
Ukrainian expats united for “peace, democracy and the rule of law”
Ukrainians living in Portugal say that a worsening of the crisis in their homeland, such as the annexing of Crimea, could have grave consequences far beyond Ukraine’s borders. “The Ukrainian
Faro’s new bridge dubbed “absurd” and overpriced
The futuristic €2.4 million project for a new bridge to Faro beach could be done for less than half the money, a no-nonsense civil engineer has told reporters. Talking to
Portuguese mother loses photographer son to Syria conflict
Photographer Ali Mustafa, killed on Sunday in a bomb blast in Syria, was the son of a Portuguese mother and Pakistani father. His half-sister Justina Rosa Botelho told reporters this
Portugal leads the way in cutting-edge cancer radiosurgery
Doctors in Portugal have performed the world’s first cancer ‘operations’ that don’t require incisions. Taking advantage of new technology that tackles tumours from the outside, doctors at Lisbon’s Champalimaud Centre