Emotional scenes as controversial shipyard deal is signed
As defence minister Aguiar-Branco officially signed the Viana do Castelo shipyards over to industrial multinational Martifer, local mayor José Maria Costa staged a very personal protest, turning up at the
Schoolboy slips on railway line and is killed by train
Two friends watched in horror as a train ran over their schoolmate killing him outright. The tragedy happened last Friday as the youngsters were crossing tracks 200 metres from the
Euromilhões death
An 85-year-old woman died in a newsagents as she queued to pay her ‘Euromilhões’ lottery dues. Maria Teresa Ramos felt ill and collapsed in a shopping centre in Leiria, causing
Drunk motorcyclist attempts unsuccessful bribe
PSP police last week arrested a 43-year-old Moldovan man who tried to bribe GNR officers after running a red light. According to a Correio da Manhã report, it was around
Mayors targeted over tax declarations
Portugal’s Justice Ministry is going through mayoral incomes with a fine-toothcomb. It is checking to see whether local politicians truly declare what they earn. According to Correio da Manhã newspaper,
Net tightens over high-earning “turbodoctors”
The Ministry of Health is investigating a number of doctors up and down the country who appear to be playing the system and making a fortune. These so-called “turbodoctors” are
Madeleine cops on trail of new suspects?
Just as the defamation trial of Gonçalo Amaral came to a close, British police were said to have arrived in the Algarve ‘poised to arrest’ their first suspects in the
Desert sand arrives in Portugal
Anyone noticing strange streaks on cars and windows last weekend very probably witnessed the unusual arrival of desert sand from North Africa. Clouds of sand from the Sahara are more
Drunken GNR officers arrested after taking pot-shots
A night out on the town in Lagos last week ended badly for two off-duty GNR officers who got carried away in a car and started taking pot-shots into the
University researchers heckle PM over funding cuts
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho was booed and jeered when he visited the University of Aveiro on Thursday (January 9). A group of approximately 20 researchers used the occasion to