American woman holidaying in Lisbon accuses UBER driver of abduction
Woman says she was kidnapped in early hours, released in Almada An American woman, on holiday in Portugal, has accused the driver of a vehicle operating for the Uber platform
Loures demolitions: Mayor accuses action group of instrumentalising families
Vida Justa “has been prejudicing” people of shanty neighbourhood, “forbidding them talking to council“ The controversy over the demolition of ‘shanty homes’ constructed in the Bairro do Talude Militar, in
Galp takes fall for 284 excess deaths in June heatwave
Deaths were in main in people over age of 85 Portugal’s energy giant GALP has been made to take the fall today for the 284 excess deaths during the stultifying
PS Socialists turn on themselves over brutal Talude demolitions
Various Socialist MPs ‘revolt’ against demolitions sanctioned by Socialist mayors PS Socialists are turning on themselves following the brutal pictures and stories emerging from demolitions ordered by Loures City Council
Portugal’s ‘chaotic obstetric care’ tots up fetal and neonatal deaths
Greater Lisbon – where problems are chronic – shows highest percentage of deaths Following increasingly worrying numbers as Portugal’s obstetric care flounders through lack of specialist doctors, new data on
Armed riot police move in to ensure demolition of shanty homes in Loures
NGO accuses government and left-wing councils of “aiming to create social collapse” Scenes that no-one would immediately associate with Portugal are ongoing today in Loures, in an area known as
Carlos Moedas confirms bid for second term as Lisbon mayor
“I still have a lot to give to the people of Lisbon,” Moedas says Carlos Moedas is officially throwing his hat back into the ring. The current mayor of Lisbon
Mayor travels to Lisbon to demand more police in Carvoeiro
“Feeling of impunity” among local drug dealers has spurred the mayor to seek solutions in Lisbon Lagoa mayor Luís Encarnação headed to Lisbon yesterday with a clear message: Carvoeiro needs
PJ swoops on suspected “criminal network recruiting women to marry immigrants”
Fifty-five people arrested PJ judicial police have led a swoop on various homes and premises this morning targeting an alleged criminal network that has allegedly been recruiting women to marry
Lisbon’s cycle paths are far from ‘safe’: 22% ranked “high/ extreme risk”
Majority of cycle paths pose “medium risk” to users A study on the safety of approximately 50 kms of Lisbon’s cycle network indicates that 22.09% (11 kms) pose high or