Courts reopen today with packed agenda… and strikes
Portugal’s creaking court system ‘reopened’ today, after a six-week holiday, with a long-list of high profile, long-standing criminal processes still awaiting actions and decisions. As always a number of crimes,
Aljezur citizens’ fight against glyphosate: court rules in favour
Ruling “creates precedent for management of protected areas without contamination from herbicides and poisons” Another ‘David v Goliath’ environmental battle – this time over a municipality’s insistence on pressing ahead
Portuguese Navy doesn’t want brutes, says Admiral
Gouveia e Melo thrashes out following hideous murder of PSP agent Admiral Gouveia e Melo didn’t mince his words today, as the nation is still in shock over the brutality
Judge orders seizure of Manuel Pinho’s €20,000 a month pension
Judge Carlos Alexandre – the prosecutor dubbed ‘superjudge’ by the popular press for his zeal in combatting corruption – has ordered the ‘freezing’ of the €20,000 a month pension paid
Stepmother who watched telly while child lay dying sees 18 year jail term halved
The stepmother who was described as watching television while the daughter of her partner lay dying on the sofa has seen an appeal court halve her 18 year jail term.
President of Bar Association admits image of Portuguese justice “totally discredited”
Reacting to the report attesting to a dip in the quality of Portugal’s democracy (click here), president of the Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados) Luís Menezes Leitão has come out
Quality of Portugal’s democracy dips even lower than that of European neighbours
The quality of Portugal’s democracy has taken a dive – as has that of almost every country on the planet. But Portugal’s has dipped even lower than its European neighbours.
PJ removes ‘works of art’ from home of fugitive banker
In what has been developing into a dramatic case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, PJ police are reported to be actively removing works of art
Portuguese ‘don’t trust in Justice’
At a moment where a super-wealthy banker, condemned to various jail terms, ordered to pay a number of fines, has managed to flee the country in possession of his passport
“Crimes against humanity”: Hundreds turn out in Lisbon to support ‘negationist’ judge
So-called ‘negationist judge’ Rui Costa – the former Odemira magistrate who has been vehemently against Portugal’s pandemic ‘response’ since the early days – delivered a complaint to the Attorney General’s