Emotional scenes in Quinta do Conde as victims of Saturday’s massacre laid to rest
Police were united in mourning at Quinta do Conde, Sesimbra, yesterday as the three victims of Saturday’s gun rampage (click here) were laid to rest. As a mark of respect
Government scrambles to nip police traffic fines “amnesty” in the bud (with video)
With the clock ticking, interior minister Anabela Rodrigues has been pulling out all the stops to halt the police “work-to-rule” which threatens to lose the State millions of euros worth
Traffic fines “amnesty” starts today as police down tools over government “intransigence”
Drivers may be able to breathe a lot easier for the next five weeks as police throughout Portugal mount a form of “work-to-rule” over what they term “government intransigence” over
Police attacked “with extreme violence” in São Miguel, Azores
Police union Sinapol has sounded the alert over lack of manpower in the Azores after five of its members were attacked – two with extreme violence – on the island
Police hunt desperate mother on run from Social Services with newborn
A police manhunt was mounted over the weekend after a young mother left Faro hospital two hours after giving birth to a son she feared would be taken into care
Police confiscate 12 cannabis plants in Algarve
Twelve cannabis plants were confiscated by GNR police in the Algarve last weekend. The investigation led them to find three cannabis plantations – two of them located near a house
Police stoned by drunken crowd in Lisbon
PSP police were forced to call for reinforcements after a drunken crowd in central Lisbon started throwing stones at them in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to press
Police win pay-increase after “exhaustive intense” meeting with interior minister
It began at 4pm yesterday afternoon and ended in the early hours of this morning (June 5). Thursday’s meeting between the government (in the form of Interior Minister Anabela Rodrigues)
Police arrest seven in connection with hacker group ‘Anonymous Portugal’
Seven people suspected of being part of hacker group ‘Anonymous Portugal’ were arrested by PJ police this morning (February 26) in the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto. The suspects,
Cold showers for Lisbon’s special police
For a month, 350 members of Lisbon’s special police unit have been forced to shower after daily training exercises in cold water. It is not part of being toughened-up. It