CHEGA leader accuses government of “wanting to provoke elections to avoid negotiating with opposition”
Ventura sticks to CHEGA’s State Budget ‘red lines’ Political posturing over the State Budget – which has to pass next month, or Marcelo will call new elections – continues today,
Man arrested in Algarve for harassing minors is son of well-known singer
Marco de Sousa Caneira, 43, is now in Faro prison Music producer – and son of well-known Portuguese singer Ágata – Marco de Sousa Caneira has been arrested after reports
Missing 29-year-old “has not been found dead”
The search for missing 29-year-old Carolina Barbosa continues today, in spite of news, in tabloid Jornal de Notícias, that her body had been found. The Facebook page created to help
Brisa embraces technology; PCP communists rush to attack
Motorway concession holder Brisa is ‘embracing technology’ with a plan to ‘modernise payment methods’ at toll stops on the highways it runs. Jornal de Notícias has interpreted the news as
Seamount research starts final week of studies off Algarve’s southwest coast
Gettysburg and Ormonde seamounts are “highest mountains in western Europe” A scientific expedition surveying the biodiversity of two of the peaks of Portugal’s largest underwater mountain, the Gorringe Bank, since
TVDE drivers protest in Lisbon
Around 40 TVDE drivers associated with the National Movement Association (AMN) are staging a protest in Lisbon today, demanding better working conditions in the sector. Cars carry flags identifying TVDE
Number of Portugal’s fire deaths rises to nine
Two injured in Albergaria-a-Velha fire die from injuries today The Secretary of State for the Environment is meeting today in Albergaria-a-Velha with mayors of the Aveiro district – one of
Brazilian nurse “disappears” in the middle of lunch
Natalie’s ‘second mobile phone’ discovered in Lisbon hospital hours later… A real mystery is baffling everyone involved: a Brazilian nurse, named as Natalie, aged 38, appears to have ‘disappeared’ in
Portuguese ambassador to Pakistan in very close shave on Afghan border
A ‘caravan of diplomats’ – including Portugal’s ambassador to Pakistan Frederico Silva – had a miraculous escape when a mine exploded as they motored close to the Afghan border. A
PS leader offers PM date for discussion on State Budget
With a great deal of acrimony spent by both sides, the leaders of the government (Luís Montenegro) and the largest party in Opposition (Pedro Nuno Santos) have finally sealed a