Lisbon and Algarve among top destinations for digital nomads
Lisbon fifth and Algarve ninth in digital nomads ranking Lisbon and the Algarve have placed among the top 10 destinations for digital nomads in the world, according to the ‘Executive
Lisbon city council to hold three debates on immigration
At the proposal of the PAN Party, Lisbon city council will hold a thematic debate on immigration, with three sessions, the first scheduled for September 12 to be on ‘institutional
Mother loses custody of toddler ‘abandoned’ at Lisbon’s Entrecampos station
Woman discovered some hours later “visibly drunk” The mother of the child abandoned in the early hours of this morning in a pushchair near Entrecampos railway station in Lisbon was
Lisbon Metro receives first new trains in 22 years
Portugal’s minister for infrastructure has today accompanied the arrival of the first of 14 triple units (totalling 42 carriages) for the Metropolitano de Lisboa, considering that “a new era” is
Stabbed man finds refuge on commuter train
A 24-year-old man leapt onto a Linha de Sintra commuter train as it prepared to leave Damaia, Amadora, yesterday, and promptly collapsed, bleeding. Fellow passengers discovered he had only just
Lisbon city council sees ‘Russiagate’ fine reduced to €1 million – but is still unhappy
The appalling gaff of Lisbon City Council in exposing to Russian authorities the personal details of dissidents living in Portugal has, it seems, seen a court reduce the initial fine
Former Lisbon mayor/ Socialist finance minister now arguido in Tutti Frutti
Tutti Frutti – a long-running investigation into suspicions of corruption, once dubbed ‘Tutti Corrupti’ – has now got another official suspect: Fernando Medina, former mayor of Lisbon and most recently
Priest launches craft beer to help restore church
Parish priest Edgar Clara created a series of initiatives to raise the €220,000 needed to restore Lisbon’s Santa Cruz do Castelo Church. Creativity has no bounds for Edgar Clara, parish
Heightened insecurity in Lisbon and Porto see police numbers beefed
Minister responds to growing complaints by city residents Police are to be reinforced in Lisbon and Porto due to an unavoidable crescendo of complaints by city residents. Portugal’s minister for
Mayor of Lisbon calls for more police in capital’s downtown
‘State of Alert’ recognised in parish of Santa Maria Maior Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas (PSD) has reacted to complaints at Thursday’s meeting on the insecurity being felt in the