Sevenair to resume Portimão-Bragança air link on February 19
Portimão-Bragança air link had been suspended since September 2024 After being suspended for months, the Portimão-Bragança air link will resume operations on Wednesday, February 19. “We will fly together again
Two men arrested for Monte Gordo burglaries
Burglars were caught red-handed by police GNR police have arrested two men who were caught red-handed committing burglaries in the coastal Algarve town of Monte Gordo. The case unfolded on
Mouraria residents say “no” to social hotel
Council wants to construct hotel to take in “people in situations of special vulnerability” Mouraria, a historic Lisbon neighbourhood transformed by immigration, is fighting a council plan to create a
January logs 27 arrests in Lisbon’s Mouraria neighbourhood
Following all the criticisms of the police operation in Rua do Benformoso just before Christmas, it transpires that January alone saw 27 arrests in the Mouraria area that includes Rua
Speaker accused of turning blind eye to Nazi salute
Rui Tavares, spokesman for LIVRE (a party with only one MP, himself) has today accused the speaker of parliament of “pretending that the problems don’t exist” after former CHEGA MP
Police forces to be issued with 1,000 tasers
Portugal’s PSP (public security police) and GNR (national guard) will be supplied with tasers, with each force receiving 500 of these non-lethal pieces of equipment, deputy secretary of state for
Paedophile arrested in Algarve extradited to Brazil
Man will serve a nine-year, seven-month sentence in Brazil A 43-year-old Brazilian man, wanted for multiple child sexual abuse and rape crimes, has been extradited from Portugal to Brazil after
Inflation slows to 2.5% in January (official)
INE (Statistics Portugal) has said today that inflation in Portugal slowed to 2.5% in January, 0.5 percentage points lower than in December. This confirms the flash estimate released at the
New push to ensure VAT on house building/ renovations comes down to 6%
Infrastructure minister Miguel Pinto Luz has said today that the government is going to insist on reducing VAT to the minimum rate of 6% for housing rehabilitation and construction works.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Portugal rejects Moscow’s conditions for cease-fire
Ukraine’s ambassador to Portugal has said today that there is no concrete proposal from the United States to negotiate peace between Kyiv and Moscow, adding that the preconditions put forward