Sócrates’ remains behind bars as new defendant named in Operation Marquês
Beleaguered former prime minister José Sócrates left Évora jail briefly on Monday after three months behind bars. He was driven to DIAP, Lisbon’s department of penal investigation, to answer questions
Tributes flood in after the Algarve’s ‘grand old lady of the animals’ Bridget Hicks dies, aged 87
The Algarve woke up much the poorer last Thursday. Bridget Hicks, the extraordinarily feisty no-nonsense champion of the animals, died at 6am – sadly in Portimão Hospital, miles from her
Portuguese muralist helps ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ win Oscars
‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, which won four Oscars – including Best Production Design – at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday, had 41-year-old Portuguese muralist Gonçalo Jordão as one of
Green light for Eusébio to be moved to National Pantheon
It was a unanimous decision in Parliament, and one that will certainly delight football fans across the country. Portugal’s legendary football hero Eusébio da Silva Ferreira has been “granted the
Portugal ducks out of world-class food fair “because it is too expensive”
Agricultural producers are seeing red over the government decision not to take part in Expo 2015 in Milan in May – an event likely to attract as many as 20
Portuguese among furious Air France passengers “kidnapped” in Manchester
It was supposed to be a normal flight, but ended up being reminiscent of a kidnap ordeal, a furious Portuguese passenger has complained. Passengers who boarded an Air France flight
Public debt woes: Too high (again!) – but beleaguered Bank of Portugal says otherwise
Portugal’s public debt stood at to 128.7% of GDP by the end of 2014. This is above the level set by the government in its 2015 state budget – but
Government refutes criticisms that it behaved “more German than Germany” over Greek debt extension negotiations
An increasingly-worn looking prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho has rejected as “absurd” the story doing the rounds in the Portuguese and international press today that Portugal – along with Spain
Paulo Portas to announce changes to Golden Visa programme today (Monday)
The way Portugal attributes Golden Visas is to radically change – and the detailed announcement of these changes is expected to come today from the lips of the Golden Visa
Suspected Ebola patient turns out to be false alarm
The 30-year-old woman from Guinea-Conacri hospitalised in Lisbon last Friday (February 20) after presenting “many symptoms” of Ebola was found to be infected with malaria instead. As Público newspaper writes,