Lisbon on track for super stinky Christmas
Striking rubbish collectors try to get out of ‘minimum services’ Lisbon seems set for a very stinky Christmas: rubbish collectors/ urban hygiene workers have called a strike between Christmas Day
Outpouring of sadness and tributes as president of APEL killed by hit-and-run driver in Lisbon
Pedro Sobral was cycling on Avenida de Índia; driver gave himself up four hours later There has been an outpouring of shock, sadness and tributes today following the hit-and-run death
Civic action in Lisbon reacts to heavy-handed police operation in Martim Moniz
Carnations offered to immigrants “in solidarity” The heavy-handed police operation in Martim Moniz that has inflamed opposition politicians saw ‘reaction’ today, in Lisbon, in the form of a civic action,
Lisbon jewellery shop robbed for 12th time…
A masked man armed with a pistol robbed the Bim Bam jewellery shop on Estrada de Benfica, Lisboa, yesterday morning, managing to make his getaway with ‘various items of jewellery’
Two arrested in major police operation in Lisbon immigrant neighbourhood
Local politician furious about operation: “What happened yesterday is typical of an Islamic or Latin American dictatorship” Two people were detained by PSP police in an operation in Martim Moniz,
Government insists taxpayers “won’t be directly burdened” with cost of new airport
ANA report also suggests taxpayers won’t be burdened The Portuguese government has reiterated that it maintains its goal not to directly burden taxpayers with the construction of Lisbon’s new Luís
PSP shooting of Odair Moniz: PJ suspect knife was ‘planted’
Official PSP account continues to look ‘dodgy’ Almost two months on from the fatal shooting of Odair Moniz by a PSP agent and the ‘truth’ of what really happened, and
Climate protestors ‘turn off Christmas lights’ in Lisbon
Climáximo – the group of climate activists notorious for carrying out ‘actions’ in Lisbon – was busy over the weekend ‘turning off Christmas lights’ in various thoroughfares of Lisbon. The
Early morning PSP police ‘swoop’ arrests three for Lisbon rioting
Riots scarred areas around capital following PSP killing of Odair Moniz Portugal’s PSP police force has detained three people this morning in an operation that at 8am was still underway
Constitutional court to decide referendum on ‘Alojamento Local’ in Lisbon
The Municipal Assembly of Lisbon has approved the sending to the Constitutional Court of a popular initiative designed to crackdown on the number of ‘Alojamento Local’ licences in the capital.