89,000 support jailed GNR ‘child killer’
The tragic case of a GNR officer jailed for nine years for killing a child during a police chase has touched the nation. Over 89,300 people have signed the online
VAT saga continues
Portugal’s association of hoteliers and restaurateurs (AHRESP) has again warned the government, through the committee on budget, finance and public sector (COFAP), that maintaining VAT at 23% in the sector
Portuguese: Europe’s cultural pygmies
As culture buffs go, the Portuguese are among Europe’s least interested. They are less likely to take part in cultural activities than more or less every other nationality and they
NASA honours scientist
Ângela Abreu, 37, a research scientist at the University of Minho’s Biological Engineering Centre, has been honoured by US space agency NASA, as well as Europe’s space agency ESA, for
Tax ‘pardon’ generated €143 million in one week
State coffers have swelled by over €143 million as a result of the government’s new tax ‘pardon’ – a measure allowing debtors to pay off their debts without being fined
Multi-millionaires on the increase
Despite the vice-grip of crisis, there are more Portuguese multi-millionaires than ever before, and their joint fortunes are rocketing. A report by the Swiss Bank UBS concludes there are 85
434,000 youngsters “vanished” from employment records
Apparently forgetting the country’s ever-growing black economy, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) has been scratching its head over the whereabouts of 434,000 young people who are neither studying nor
Audit called for loss-making Fatacil
It used to be considered the largest most important fair in the country – but the bottom line is that Lagoa’s prestigious Fatacil has been losing money hand over fist.
Portugal economy spruced up
After 10 months of consecutive economic contraction, the Portuguese economy finally grew for the second period of three months in a row and ended the country’s ongoing ‘technical’ recession, as
Old age ‘abandon’ on the increase
More and more elderly people are being abandoned by their families to welfare homes – and the head of the union of state-funded homes (Lares de Misericórdia) says it’s not