Azores largest State hospital ‘financially unsustainable’
The Divino Espírito Santo Hospital (HDES) on São Miguel island, in the Azores, recorded a deficit of €14.7 million between 2019 and 2022 and is experiencing a situation of “financial
Argentine diplomats expelled by Maduro fly to Lisbon
It’s only way to comply with Maduro’s expulsion order Five Argentine diplomats are leaving Venezuela today on a TAP flight to Lisbon, from where they will depart on Saturday for
Bores, the desert lynx, is on his way home!
Petition demanding Bores’ release amassed over 20,000 signatures Bores, the deseret lynx, ‘removed’ from the only home he ever knew to be shut up in a cage below a slide
Police taser immigrant after he “tried to slit wife’s throat”
Son’s frantic call: “My father wants to kill my mother!” PSP police arrested an Indian man in Olivais, Lisbon, in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a frantic phone
Algarve water table dips further through July
All monitored river basins fall in month where traditionally there is no rain The amount of water stored in the so-called Barlavento basin (western Algarve) fell back below 20% at the
Nurses stick with strike after last-ditch talks fail
Strike begins tomorrow; union boss calls for ‘en masse’ support Portuguese Nurses’ Union (SEP) has announced that it will go ahead with the national strike scheduled for tomorrow (Friday), claiming
“Welcome” to Portugal!
2024 may go down in Portuguese holiday record books as the year when things lurched a little bit sideways. There are the habitual ‘horrendous queues at Faro airport’ to deal
Portimão promises another sardine spectacle
Grilled sardines, live music and cooking demonstrations among the festival’s highlights Portimão is hosting the 28th edition of its iconic Sardine Festival, an event which every summer attracts thousands of
Easyjet cabin crew to wage three-day strike from August 15
Portugal’s National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC) has called a three-day strike by cabin crew at easyJet between August 15-17, accusing the company of ignoring several attempts to
Faro gears up for American Car-nival
AmericanCars Algarve, back for its 11th edition, will be held at the Parque de Lazer das Figuras on August 2, 3, and 4. Entry is free. Dozens of American cars,