Medicines authority orders immediate suspension of batch of Lorazepam
Anyone using suspect batch should contact doctor ASAP INFARMED, Portugal’s national medicines authority, has ordered the immediate suspension of a batch of the drug Lorazepam, indicated for the treatment of
Criminal inquiry targets guard on duty during Saturday’s mass jailbreak
Guard “being heard today by PJ” One of the prison guards on duty at Vale de Judeus jail on the day that five inmates broke out will be heard today
Two fatal road accidents in two days in Algarve
Accidents took place in Silves and Faro Two people died in separate road accidents in the Algarve between Wednesday and Thursday. A 74-year-old man was killed in a crash involving
Porto mayor speaks out against city’s rising tide of racial violence
Mayor Rui Moreira blames far right – and far left Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, has said that far-right and far-left forces are contributing to an atmosphere of hatred and
Parents seek to block opening of run-down school in Porto
The parents association of Porto’s Eugénio de Andrade school is seeking to block the opening of the premises tomorrow on the basis that the building, operating since 1979, does not
Inquiry launched into mistaken hospital discharge that led to patient’s death
An inquiry has been launched by the Cascais Public Prosecutor’s Office into the mistaken discharge of a 79-year-old man from Cascais Hospital, with medication prescribed for someone else. The 79
Ryanair condemned for charging additional fees for cabin bags
Braga court says it is illegal for Ryanair to charge passengers for cabin bags In what the media in Portugal is calling an “unprecedented decision”, low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has
Opposition calls on government to take steps to apply euthanasia law
Secretary-general of Portugal’s main opposition Socialist Party (PS), Pedro Nuno Santos, has urged the government today to apply the country’s existing law on assisted dying. At the end of a
Non-teaching staff call strike for October 4
Non-teaching staff at the nation’s schools have called a national strike for October 4, stressing the action “could still be stopped by the education minister”. All Fernando Alexandre would have
Prisoner on conditional release attacks social reintegration workers with crowbar in Faro
UPDATE: PSP police arrested the attacker at around midday today (September 12), the police force has announced. Aside from the injuries caused to one of the workers, the man is