Emotional scenes in Quinta do Conde as victims of Saturday’s massacre laid to rest
Police were united in mourning at Quinta do Conde, Sesimbra, yesterday as the three victims of Saturday’s gun rampage (click here) were laid to rest. As a mark of respect
Police work-to-rule continues as union boss calls Interior Minister “the worst in living memory”
Following her shambolic TV performance yesterday (click here http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/2015-08-27-Governo-aprova-Estatuto-da-PSP-e-deixa-de-fora-GNR), Interior Minister Anabela Rodrigues woke up this morning to discover her last minute intervention over police statutes has not had the
Everjet helicopter “falls from sky” as Portugal battered by fires
It has been a devastating weekend for wildfires, with 240 separate blazes reported on Saturday, and as many as 100 reported today. But as the country’s emergency services battle it
Retired Loulé policeman dies after being hit by motorbike
A retired GNR policeman died on Monday (August 3) after being run over by a motorbike in Loulé. The accident happened at 1.15pm, when the 57-year-old was crossing Marçal Pacheco
Over 13,600 Portuguese bid for 450 jobs in the GNR
In one way, it’s heartening proof of the popularity of Portugal’s GNR police force. But in another, it is an indictment on the country’s lack of meaningful employment. In just
Wave of indignation as GNR prosecute woman for complaining on Facebook
Faro GNR are going to court over complaints a woman made about them on Facebook. The case follows a fine issued in Fuseta for incorrect parking. The woman paid the
GNR fines 22 motorhomers and campers along western Algarve’s Costa Vicentina
Twenty-two motorhomers and campers were fined last weekend for parking their vehicles and spending the night in “unauthorised areas” in the Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Nature reserve. According to
Second horrific bus crash in two days kills three on Algarve-Lisbon route
Three dead, nine seriously injured and eight others requiring hospital treatment. This was the balance of the second horrific bus crash in two days – again involving a vehicle owned
New alcohol law limits teens from July 1
With effect from next Wednesday (July 1), the new alcohol law outlawing drinking by under-18s kicks in, making it an offence to “supply (…) sell, or with commercial objectives, make
GNR duo fined for sleeping in patrol car
Giving a whole new slant on the words “sleeping policeman” (usually given to go-slow humps in the road), two agents assigned to Vila Franca de Xira territorial patrol have been