PJ police lead searches on Bank of Portugal, other public entities
Mega-operation hones in on suspicions of corruption, abuse of power, computer fraud Portugalâs criminal police, the PJ, are carrying out a mega-operation of searches today at the Bank of Portugal,
Principal suspect in ex-pat murder arrested in AirBnB in Braga
Jonny Smyth suspected of killing fellow countryman John George in Spain last year A high-profile âmurder mysteryâ was brought much closer to closure yesterday when PJ police detained a 26-year-old
Hospital patient, 65, dies days after being assaulted by another patient
Ana Peixoto Veiga was in hospital receiving palliative care Six days after a cancer patient was assaulted by another patient at Braga Hospital, she has died. According to Correio da
Braga mayor suspected of receiving favours
PSD mayor of Braga Ricardo Rio has been made an official suspect (arguido) in an investigation into a trip to the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle (on the invitation of Microsoft)
Electric car ‘loses control’ hitting children on way into school
Child and mother transported to hospital Two primary school age children and one adult were hit early this morning when an electric car âlost controlâ as it emerged from a
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 âunprecedented decisionâ, low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has
500 firefighters at ready as rural blazes break out in Braga district
With wildfires already causing trouble in the district of Braga today, 500 firefighters are âat the readyâ nationwide between today and next Wednesday to âreinforce areas at greatest risk of
Maternity units âreopen this morning, but not for longâ
Braga, Aveiro and Portimão back in action⊠for a few hours at least Good news/ not-so-good news: after yet another weekend in the Algarve where giving birth in a State
MOT âcorruptionâ: 30 arrested as police descend on testing centres
Premises targeted from Porto to Faro Roughly 30 people have been arrested so far in a PSP police operation targeting MOT testing centres. At issue, explain reports, are âsuspicions of
Three dead in afternoon of horror in Pedralva (Braga district)
Three people died following an afternoon of horror in the parish of Pedralva, Braga district, yesterday. The tragedy seems to have been precipitated by a woman walking out on her