Searches continue for Italian swept into sea in Porto
Searches have resumed for a second day following the disappearance of an Italian man while out walking in Foz do Douro, with friends, on Saturday afternoon. According to the friends,
Deputy mayor stays put after being cited in corruption investigation
Paulo Ferreira, deputy mayor of Valongo borough council, is staying at his post in spite of being made an official suspect in a corruption investigation involving a property developer and
Adrian Bridge, seeding the future
“It’s important Portugal has the confidence to believe it can be world class,” Adrian Bridge, CEO, The Fladgate Partnership When I first visited Porto in 2008, the city was
Former hospital administrators accused of money laundering
Case centres on “ruse” allegedly devised between Porto cancer hospital and Algarve Former administrators of Porto IPO (cancer hospital) and Hospital do Algarve, Laranja Pontes and Pedro Nunes, are to
Young university student found dead in street in Porto
Body of young man in 20s ‘barefoot’; ‘all hypotheses open’ A young university student was found dead on the public highway in Porto this Saturday, in circumstances that are still
Porto mayor warns “a lot of properties, many of them private” face demolition
High-speed rail link “surprises” city council A stunning manor house, recently renovated to the tune of €1.2 million by Porto City Council, is just one of the “many properties” that
Two Algerians sought after man stabbed in head in Porto
Two men, both Algerian, are being sought by PSP police after they allegedly stabbed a third man in the head, in Praça do Marquês de Pombal, in the Paranhos district
Porto’s ocean engineering research centre aims to be international leader
The new INESCTEC.OCEAN centre, led by the Portuguese Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), with an investment of over €30 million, aims to be an
Up it goes: city council approves Porto’s new tourist tax of €3 per night
Municipalities have been warned about ‘trivialisation’ of tourist taxes No matter the warnings, Porto city council has approved “by a majority a change” to increase its €2 a night tourist
Porto medics study Parkinson’s patients’ brain activity after surgery
Doctors at Porto’s São João Hospital in Porto are embarking on a study of the brain activity of patients with Parkinson’s disease who have undergone deep stimulation surgery, in order