Body of missing Portuguese student found in Galicia
The family of missing 21-year-old Erasmus programme student Sandra Marques got the worst possible news after spending four disheartening days searching for her themselves in the Spanish town of Ourense.
Sócrates’ faces custody hearing as new defendant named in Operation Marquês
The chances of judges ‘freeing’ former prime-minister José Sócrates from jail – now that his first three-month stint is up – are looking increasingly unlikely as new defendants have been
Horror in Vila Real: Woman found strangled and thrown in rubbish bin
The daughters of an elderly woman missing since last Thursday were horrified to find their mother’s body in a blood-spattered rubbish bin. Seventy-four year old Esmeralda de Jesus was found
Lost children’s “Joan of Arc” flees UK as Portuguese siblings still “stuck in system”
Mackenzie friend litigator Sabine McNeill is now holed up in Berlin convinced her efforts to speak up for “stolen children” of all nationalities have prompted a warrant for her arrest
Government prepares tough new anti-terrorism laws
Publically supporting terrorism, travelling abroad to join terrorist groups and accessing websites linked to these groups could soon be considered a crime in Portugal. The government’s most recent efforts to
Unemployment ‘shock’: figures ignore 770,000 “without any social support at all”
Economist Eugénio Rosa has spoken out against what he claims is the manipulation of Portugal’s employment figures. While the Ministry for Social Security has revealed that there are 129,200 less
Telephone fraudsters pose as Water Board staff
Just as PJ police issue a warning over fraudulent Microsoft scammers (https://stg.portugalresident.com/pj-police-issue-nationwide-alert-as-fraudulent-microsoft-calls-%E2%80%9Cclean-out%E2%80%9D-lisbon-bank-accounts), Portugal’s water authority Águas de Portugal has issued a nationwide alert over “fake employees” who target homes on
“Francesinha” named one of Europe’s top 10 flavours
The “Francesinha”, Porto’s legendary meaty sandwich, has been considered one of “Europe’s top 10 flavours” by British website The Culture Trip. The site describes the Francesinha as a “booming, stacked
Portimonense: winning start
New coach Carlos Azenha made a winning start on his return to Portimão by guiding the Algarveans to a valuable albeit less-than-spectacular 1-0 win over promotion rivals União da Madeira.
Portugal’s leaders divided over Juncker’s criticisms of the troika
Hours after EC president Jean-Claude Juncker declared the troika had “sinned against the dignity of the people” of Portugal and other bailout countries, the country’s leaders have shown themselves to