Jail terms announced for Portuguese detained in Indonesia for drug trafficking
Two Portuguese men detained in Indonesia last year for drug trafficking have been sentenced to 20 and 13-and-a-half years respectively. The longer sentence was handed to surfer from Fernando Santos,
Disturbances reduced to 18 incidents of “urban furniture being set on fire”; vehicle stonings
PSP police “gathering social media commentary that incites hatred and violence” With a policy of ‘zero tolerance’ of disturbances hitting outer Lisbon areas since Monday, the PSP police’s latest report
PSP agent who shot and killed Odair Moniz indicted for simple homicide
Greater Lisbon suffers 4th consecutive night of unrest following PSP shooting Expresso reports that the 26-year-old PSP agent who shot Odair Moniz, killing him, in Cova da Moura, five days
PSP announce 13 arrests, 18 more people identified, in rioting in Greater Lisbon
Portugal’s PSP police – under fire since the shooting dead of a Cape Verdean father of two in Cova da Moura on Monday – have announced that in the last
Man suspected of having started summer’s largest wildfire has been arrested
A 62-year-old man has been arrested by PJ police suspected of having started the largest forest wildfire so far this year. The fire, started in September at a point when
Human mobility expert suggests Lisbon riots “also due to police violence”
Portuguese geographer Jorge Malheiros believes that the protests in greater Lisbon since the shooting of Cape Verdean Odair Moniz are a sign of the “spatial expression of inequality and disadvantage”
Teenager shot in shoulder in drive-by shooting in Loures
Family member seeks help at fire station, believing ‘112’ would take too long A 17-year-old was shot in the shoulder during the height of disturbances on Tuesday night as he
Government meets Lisbon mayors over nighttime rioting
As this story goes up online two government ministers are meeting with mayors of greater Lisbon to analyse the riots that have taken place since PSP police shot dead a
Further vandalism in Lisbon as Cape Verdean president expresses ‘deep sadness’ over fatal shooting
Two buses and seven other vehicles torched in continuing disturbances following death of Odair Moniz In spite of authorities’ ‘zero tolerance’ stand on disturbances following the shooting by police on
PS Socialists slam lack of government intervention to stop Lisbon riots
Portugal’s opposition Socialist Party (PS) has criticised what it calls the government’s lack of intervention to contain disturbances in Greater Lisbon over the last two nights, callilng for a “measured