Priest drives over parishioner on pedestrian crossing
Authorities will be re-thinking the ease with which elderly pensioners can renew their driving licences after this week’s horror where a 91-year-old priest actually drove over one of his parishioners
Fire departments struggle to recruit new members
A flaming row has erupted following revelations that every week four firemen leave Portugal for a better life abroad. In the last three years, over 5,000 trained firefighters have quit
Portugal reopens air link with Guinea-Bissau
While TAP dithers, another Portuguese airline attached to the Pestana Group has stepped into the breach and reopened the air link between Lisbon and Guinea-Bissau. As Euroatlantic Airways boss José
Havoc and heartbreak as civil servants march on Lisbon
Schoolchildren are among the worst hit today by civil servants marching on Lisbon in protest to the government’s ongoing policies of austerity. All over the country, youngsters who had specially
Halloween horrors haunt Lisbon’s Metro
Anyone using Lisbon’s (usually very handy) Metro this evening should carry a cross and a large supply of garlic. In commemoration of yet another ‘horrid Halloween’, the blue line of
Pistol road rage in rush-hour Lisbon
A man was arrested in rush-hour Lisbon this week after threatening another driver with a gun. The incident followed “a traffic argument”, according to police, and was all the more
Economist pours cold water on PM’s “turning point” speech
In parliament this week, Portugal’s prime minister pointed to 2015 being a “turning point”: a moment when Portuguese people would recover lost salaries and their purchasing power. But as the
“Carry-on” bank robber foiled in Portalegre
With a modus operandi straight-out of a “Carry On” comedy, one luckless bank robber went before magistrates in Portalegre today while everyone in the court tried to keep a straight
Speed-check radars “ready for New Year”
Lisbon’s drivers have been warned. Speed-check radars that have remained inoperative for years are being resurrected as we write. They will all be working properly by January, Lisbon Mayor and
IVA: Hoteliers snap at government’s heels
Relentlessly pushing the government to reduce “crippling” IVA (VAT) rates for the restaurant sector, hoteliers and restaurateurs are once again appealing for sense in the long-running controversy. As they say