Government raises proposed 2025 base salary for public sector workers to €875
Secretary of State for public administration meets with syndicates Portugal’s government has upgraded its proposal for the monthly base salary of public sector workers to €875 in 2025, in order
BES judges listen to recording of Salgado’s ‘parliamentary grilling’
MPs questioned BES boss Ricardo Salgado for 10 hours in 2014 With Ricardo Salgado – the main defendant in the open-ended trial that has begun into the collapse of Portugal’s
Protecting Nave do Barão: Loulé to host public information session
Nave do Barão is home to “one of the most important and rare freshwater habitats in Europe” The municipal council of Loulé is set to hold a public information session
PAN declares it too will be vetoing 2025 State Budget proposal
PAN position follows “irrevocable decision” to veto announced by CHEGA PAN – one of Portugal’s ‘smallest parties’ – has declared that it will vote against the State Budget for 2025
CHEGA leader dubs 2025 State Budget “a disaster”
CHEGA leader André Ventura (embroiled in a ‘he said, no he said’ spat with the prime minister) has declared the State Budget document released last week a “disaster” and a
Portimão to host one of world’s biggest youth football tournaments
The event will feature youth teams of several clubs, including Benfica, Sporting, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Crystal Palace, Derby County and Southampton Following in the footsteps of previous successful editions, the
Algarve ophthalmology centre cuts waiting list by 9.5% in one year
Over 2,700 consultations carried out at Algarve Ophthalmology Centre (COA) in its first year The Algarve Ophthalmology Centre (COA) – located within the Terras do Infante hospital in Lagos –
Young man ‘executed with three gunshots’ in late night café in Cacém
Armed man dressed in black “walks in, shoots repeatedly, then leaves” Police today are trying to find the motive for the point blank execution of a 28-year-old man in a
BES trial opens, showing agony 10 years on is every bit as raw
Victims arrive with hearse: “They killed our savings, now it’s time for justice” More than 10 years on from the shockwaves caused by the implosion of the Espírito Santo banking
Suspected crypto fraudster wanted by FBI arrested in Cascais
Arrest made by Portugal’s PJ police as part of major operation led by the FBI in the US Portugal’s PJ criminal police have arrested a foreigner suspected of running a