Funerals take place of victims of last week’s mass shooting in Lisbon
Barber Carlos Pina laid to rest on Saturday; Bruno Neto and Fernanda Soares on Sunday The funerals of the three people shot dead in a troubled Lisbon neighbourhood last Wednesday
Three condemned for slaughter of six wolves in Peneda-Gerês national park
Wolves caught in traps made of steel cables; one bludgeoned to death Three unidentified people have been sentenced to between seven months and two years, two months in jail, suspended,
Prison guards hold vigil for colleagues ‘blamed for mass jailbreak’
Vigil comes on very day PJ police announce arrest of one of escapees Guards from various prisons across the country are expected today at a prison guard vigil in front
Parliament grants city status to Almancil and town status to Boliqueime
Algarve “can celebrate addition of a new city and town,” says PS MP Portugal’s Parliament has unanimously approved the elevation of Almancil to city status and Boliqueime to ‘vila’ (town)
(More) crunch talks ahead as budget deadline looms
Government rejects PS counter-proposal of AD’s own counter-proposal More ‘crunch talks’ are ahead as the country enters a(nother) decisive week regarding the 2025 state budget (which the president has insisted
One of prisoners who escaped last month from high-security jail “arrested in Morocco”
Fábio Loureiro was serving 25 years for crimes committed in Algarve One of the five prisoners who escaped in broad daylight last month from Alcoentre’s high security Vale de Judeus
New Attorney General starts with a blast
“Demands” conclusion of EDP excessive rents case in 20 days Portugal’s new Attorney General has blasted onto the scene: on the very day his predecessor’s six-year mandate expired (and days
Council of Ministers approves “green” package of measures for users of public transport
Measures include €20 monthly rail pass for (almost) all rail journeys; free travel for under 23s With so much focus on the state budget (and what PS Socialists will ‘allow’),
Public excluded from pomp and ceremony commemorating “Implantation of Republic”
For second year running, only ‘authorised people’ allowed access; police barriers in force There is something odd about commemorations for the Implantation of a Republic (a place where power is
Slowly, slowly country inches towards 2025 State Budget
PS Socialists “genuinely don’t want elections, but…” Sometimes, photographs say much more than the words around them. And this is the case of last night’s image (see above) taken of