Lisbon registers new boom in AL registrations
Homeowners race to beat ‘moratorium’ which came into effect last Friday The first three months of 2022 saw an absolute race by homeowners to register properties in Lisbon for Alojamento
Taxis hit by rising fuel prices, fewer passengers
Fuel prices skyrocket as demand for taxis falls The increases in fuel prices, caused by the recent energy crisis, are worrying taxi drivers in Lisbon because they affect the profit
Drug mafias hire “professional assassins”
Lisbon scene of two recent ‘settling of scores’ PJ and PSP police are following the ‘settling of scores’ between drug traffickers in the city with increasing concern. Expresso reports there
University students protest outside Parliament
Marking 60 years since Portugal’s “student crisis” – with still so much to fix Hundreds of university students from all over the country will be converging on the capital today
Lisbon pauses for PSP agent funeral
… as police on trail of man they believe dealt ‘killer blows’ The funeral cortege of murdered PSP agent Fábio Guerra is taking to the streets of Lisbon with a
Ryanair “sticks to its threat” and cuts 5,000 flights, 19 routes in Lisbon and 150 ‘well-paid jobs’
Ryanair has apparently made good on its recent ‘threat’ to cut flights and routes in and out of Lisbon unless the government ceded slots held by TAP by March 4.
Lisbon City Council announces series of measures to help Ukrainian community
Lisbon City Council, headed by mayor Carlos Moedas, has announced a series of measures to support the Ukrainian community, whether current residents of the capital, or incoming refugees. “With the
Thousands chant in demos throughout Portugal “Save Ukraine!”
With the European Union advancing with unprecedented sanctions against Russia, thousands of people in Portugal – nationals, residents and many ‘in between’ – took to the streets of cities from
Ukraine: human chain for peace forms in Lisbon
A human chain for peace in Ukraine began forming this evening in Lisbon between Restelo and Belém Palace (the official residence of the president). The purpose has been described as
Lisbon parish says “no” to Netflix
The Lisbon parish of Santa Maria is digging its heels in over a plan, apparently welcomed by the city’s mayor, to allow Netflix to use the streets for a week