Guards foil ramming attempt on prison van as it transports inmate to court
PSP police arrest two after short car chase Days after five prisoners broke out of a high-security jail, a car – reportedly driven by a relative of a prisoner –
European activists take Portuguese mining concerns to industry conference in Belgium
Warn: “Mines always create significant impacts” Belgian activists have joined the fight to try and save Portugal’s iconic Barroso region from the prospect for open-pit mining. They gathered this week
New fly in flying rigmarole: from April next year UK will be demanding ‘electronic authorisation’
ETA will cost €12 and take three days to issue… The often exasperating process of flying is set to become even more fraught with rules if Europeans are keen to
Back to school (without mobile phones?)
Return from summer sees 60% of schools open ‘on appointed day’ It’s that time of year again: hundreds of thousands of pupils are returning to school from the summer break;
Society needs pact to resolve social problems – Lisbon bishop
Main problems facing country are poverty, housing, health, education The patriarch of Lisbon has recognised the need for a pact within Portuguese society to resolve the main social problems facing
Police make arrest within 48 hours of Porto’s latest racist attack
Police announced today that they have arrested a 26-year-old man for the two attacks on immigrants in Porto in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The man is facing charges
Immigrants stabbed in two ‘racially motivated attacks’ in Porto
A man armed with a knife pursued Moroccans in Porto’s Campo 24 de Agosto district in the early hours of Tuesday morning, stabbing one of them, reports Jornal de Notícias.
Fire battle in Seixal continues – but flames are contained
Combat reinforced this morning with five firefighting aircraft The fight against the fire that broke out yesterday in an area of scrubland in Amora, Seixal, has been classified as “contained
Algarve, wake up!
In 2013, the decision to merge the administration of the Algarve’s public hospitals was presented as a way of attracting more health professionals to the region and facilitating patients’ access
Faro deputy mayor breathes sigh of relief as corruption probe closed
Paulo Santos, deputy mayor of Faro, has released a statement celebrating the closure of the inquiry Five years later, the Public Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed a legal inquiry into alleged