Drilling for gas will be ‘clean and safe’
The multinational Repsol-Partex oil and gas consortium says it will commence “clean and safe” exploratory drilling off the south coast of Portugal late this year or early next, but it
Judges revolt over substandard courtrooms
Judges are up in arms over the state of the country’s courtrooms, and they have threatened to put the Ministry of Justice ‘in the dock’ with the national authority for
Loose horses killed in Olhão
Two wandering horses have been killed in separate accidents in the space of half-an-hour in Olhão last week. The problem of loose animals causing havoc on roads seems to be
Is Portugal cutting the cost of cancer care?
Cancer specialists in Portugal are concerned that more cuts to health through new cost-containment strategies in cancer care will mean fewer treatment options for patients, putting their lives seriously at
Hospital waiting lists spiral out of control
Christmas and the New Year saw massive holiday backlogs in hospitals throughout the country, with newspapers reporting on patients waiting up to 49 hours to be admitted in some areas,
“You can’t be good at everything,” PM admits
Suggesting that he will be running for a second term as Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho said he had not been a good president for his party (PSD). “You can’t
Disgraced councillor practising as GP
Luís Carito, the disgraced Portimão councillor who hit the headlines for eating paper when his house was raided by the fraud squad, has been allowed back to work as a
Exports slightly down in November
Portuguese exports dropped 0.7% in November of last year compared to the previous month but were up 7.2% when compared to the same month in 2012, according to data from
Government proposes further pension cuts
The Portuguese government has approved a proposal which aims at implementing a change to the extraordinary solidarity contribution (CES) included in the 2014 State Budget, making the tax applicable to
Record €8.1 million for Portuguese architectural projects
Lisbon’s Faculty of Architecture has received a record €8.1 million from the European Union to invest in three investigation projects on sustainable urbanism. The financing is considered a national record