Economy Minister crowns tourism “champion of economic recovery”
“Tourism is the champion of economic recovery” – the words came from Portugal’s Minister of Economy António Pires de Lima last week, only a day after it was announced that
Portuguese jihad
Talking at the NATO summit in Wales last week, Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said Portugal was actively sharing information with its international partners on the Portuguese citizens known
Bosses’ salaries rise as working class wages drop
Portugal’s much-hailed ‘economic recovery’ is finally having a positive effect on salaries – bosses’ salaries, that is. A new study entitled Total Compensation Report 2014 by consulting firm Mercer has
Submarine inquiry throws up more contra-deal mud
As the long-running inquiry into the submarine scandal scrutinises the actions of high-ranking politicians, including deputy prime minister Paulo Portas and former EC president Durão Barroso, a new bombshell has
Luton Airport flights suspended following evacuation due to suspicious item
All flights to Luton Airport were suspended this afternoon (September 8) after the airport was evacuated over a suspicious item found in the security search area. Police have since carried
On the way home! Police locate kidnapped Maria Alice in Belgium
A young Tavira mother’s two years of heartache finally came to an end just before midnight last night (Sunday). A phone call from the PJ informed Carla Evangelista that her
PSD requests meeting to discuss falling birth rate
It has been described as fundamental to the future of the country, but a date for a discussion on the country’s plummeting birth rate has yet to be fixed. For
15-year-old arrested after stabbing in Lisbon pizzeria
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Wednesday night (September 3) after stabbing a pizza parlour worker during a robbery in Benfica, Lisbon. A PSP police source told Lusa news agency
Pre-election polling suggests “all change in Portugal”
Pre-election polls suggest more upheavals for Portugal. As the return to parliament this month was always expected to be marked by party-political posturing ahead of next year’s elections, a new
Portugal (finally) to get paedophile register
Portugal is at last to get its own paedophile register, accessible to all parents of children under the age of 16. It’s a ruling made in a bid to cut