Missing mum-to-be: suspect finally formally accused
Aveiro Public Prosecutor’s Office has finally brought charges against the man arrested by PJ Judicial Police last year on suspicion of killing his pregnant former lover, Mónica Silva, a mother
‘Ambushed’ GNR agents shoot armed man dead in Bragança
Both GNR agents injured in shoot-out Two GNR agents were injured last night following an ambush in Calvelhe, Bragança district, in which their armed assailant died. Recently released from jail,
Man found dead in São Domingos de Rana (Cascais) with puncture wound to head
A man was found dead in the street in São Domingos de Rana, Cascais municipality, in the early hours of this morning. He had a puncture wound to the head,
Two men stabbed close to Sintra train station
Two men were stabbed in the early hours of Sunday morning near a taxi rank at Rio de Mouro railway station, Sintra, outer Lisbon. As with so many stabbings in
President engages with victims of Lisbon’s neighbourhood unrest
Visits Cova da Moura, speaks with family of Odair Moniz – and with mother of badly burned bus driver With pockets of unrest still scarring the capital in the wake
Indian man confesses to killing wife in Sintra
A man described as an “Indian immigrant in his 40s” has confessed to killing his wife in the municipality of Sintra. According to Correio da Manhã tabloid, the man called
Benfica fire-raiser caught ‘in flagrante’ after torching over 21 vehicles
44-year-old French North African now held in preventive custody The fire-raiser suspected of torching over 21 vehicles in the parish of Benfica over a period of days has been caught
Four suspected drug dealers arrested off southern Portugal coast
One of the speedboats intentionally collided with a Navy vessel in an attempt to escape The Portuguese Navy and the National Maritime Authority (AMN) intercepted a high-speed boat and arrested
PJ investigates suspected “adulteration of evidence” in PSP shooting
Initial data collected “points to an excess of legitimate defence” Very much as Expresso reported last week, the discrepancy between the official PSP statement on the fatal shooting of Odair
Week of riots in Lisbon prompts “public perception that state has failed”
The legacy of this ‘George Floyd moment’ for Portugal will live on The exhausted face of President Marcelo encapsulates the events of last week in Lisbon. Over six consecutive nights