River links affected by the Transtejo strike
Company workers from Transtejo, the company that operates the ferries across Lisbon’s Tagus River, will hold a 24-hour strike from midnight, which is expected to have a crippling effect on
Setúbal – two dead and six injured in all night hold-up
A Moldavian national held up a restaurant near the train station of Pinhal Novo (Setubal) in a shoot out Sunday morning, barricading himself inside and taking the staff and clients
Drug ‘mule’ arrested in Madeira
A woman caught smuggling around 800 individual doses of heroine in her body was arrested by police near Madeira Airport on Wednesday last week. The unemployed 28-year-old, resident in Madeira,
A cold week ahead
It’s time to bring out those warm winter jackets. Temperatures throughout the country are expected to continue dropping until the beginning of next week – with thermometers in Porto plummeting
Student stabbed by schoolmate during fight
Another incident of schoolyard violence has hit the headlines – this time in Torres Vedras when a pupil was rushed to hospital after being stabbed by a classmate. A source
Algarve students win prestigious business contest
Two Algarve university students have won an enterprising business ideas contest in Lisbon. The young marine biologists’ project for breeding oysters to supply both nurseries and natural stocks won over
Portugal deprived of funds to fight youth unemployment
Warning bells rang loud and clear in Brussels last week as Portugal was deprived of much-needed funds to fight youth unemployment. The move followed a decision taken behind closed doors
Major police protest outside Parliament is historic moment in Portugal
Thousands of police officers protesting against the government’s proposed state budget for next year, which foresees major cuts, invaded the Parliament’s exterior stairs tonight (November 21) at around 9pm. Breaking
Almost 90% of job losses down to PMEs
They call it “Catastrophic job destruction” and it’s a salutary study that shows almost 90% of job losses in Portugal were due to the hammering suffered by small and medium
Positive forecast for Portugal’s unemployed
Portugal’s worst periods of unemployment have passed. The opinion is of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which believes that levels of unemployment will return to where they