72% of Portugal’s youth earn less than €950 euros
“The crushing majority of young people believe there are fewer and fewer opportunities to find a job in Portugal. A third intend to emigrate. Lack of money is the principal
Business confederations lay down conditions for return to negotiations table
Representatives of the four business confederations have explained their no-show earlier today to discuss (the government’s plans for) dishing out €24 billion in Portugal 2030 funding (click here). In a
Commandos arrested over suspicions of trafficking gold, drugs and diamonds
PJ police have today arrested an unspecfied number of Portuguese Commandos, and former Commados, suspected of being involved in a criminal organisation while on United Nations mission in the Central
Brussels sounds alert over European bazooka: “there will be no payments unless targets are met”
Within less than a day of the government’s budgetary disaster, Brussels has sounded the alert. January is meant to see the next tranche (€1.3 billion) of resilience and recovery funding
Government to announce measures today to “reduce” effect of rising fuel prices
The government is expected to announce a raft of measures later today designed to reduce the effect of successive increases in the cost of fuel. According to reports, the finance
Portugal’s Afghan refugees “have already started working; children already in school”
A number of the 251 Afghan refugees already taken in by Portugal have already started working – and their children are already at school. This was the upbeat message at
Algarve Biomedical Center becomes testing ground for European Medicines Agency
The Algarve Biomedical Center (ABC) has won an international contest to test the “efficacy and safety of medicines” on behalf of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for five years. The
Majority of Portuguese would support Angela Merkel as President of Europe, suggests poll
A poll by the European Council for Foreign Relations shows that the Portuguese are among the first European nationals who would choose Angela Merkel to be President of Europe. The
Mums-to-be wanted for study on mercury exposure
INSA (Portugal’s Public health institute Dr Ricardo Jorge) is recruiting pregnant women for a European study that seeks to evaluate exposure to mercury during pregnancy and develop specific recommendations with
EU bazooka funding for housing in €1.6 billion ‘hole’: minister challenged
Infrastructures and housing minister Pedro Nuno Santos is being challenged on how the government appears to have already massively ‘overspent’ part of the EU funding bazooka – the lifeline designed