August – coldest since 1996!
Overall temperatures in August this year were the lowest since 1996. Despite endless “hotter-than-hot” days in the Algarve, maximum temperatures did not exceed 40ºC, said a source for IPMA, the
Debts of over €14 million threaten Portugal’s fire-fighting Kamovs
It is vital to the nation’s firefighting effort – but Portugal’s helicopter fleet is in danger of being grounded due to over €14 million in debts stretching back almost three
SPEA sends out appeal on International Vulture Day
Bird protection society SPEA is sending out a special appeal today (Saturday September 6) in a bid to halt the decimation of Europe’s vulture populations. SPEA claims that diclofenac, an
FACE OCULTA ends with slew of guilty verdicts and hefty prison terms
It was one of the longest, most expensive trials in Portugal but now it is over, with a slew of guilty verdicts and prison sentences. One thing the FACE OCULTA
Nurses call new two-day strike
Nurses union SEP has called a nationwide two-day strike, starting on Wednesday September 24, with a demonstration planned outside Lisbon’s health ministry on Thursday 25th. Outlining the reasons behind the
Portuguese father who kidnapped child caught after two years on run
The Portuguese Maritime policeman who kidnapped his daughter from her distraught mother two years ago has at last been found. PJ police tracked Paulo Guiomar down to the home of
Body-in-bag ‘stabbed for not paying rent’
The truth behind the hideous discovery this week of a decomposed body in a plastic bag near a Porto guesthouse has now emerged. The 54-year-old man was a tenant in
Judicial shambles as courts ‘return-to-work’ mired by brickdust and IT chaos
Unions are calling for the resignation of Justice Minister Paula Teixeira da Cruz as the week’s return to work, and launching of the so-called judicial map, collapsed in chaos. The
Portuguese gangster in high-profile drugs trial
As heavily- tattooed Hermano Moreno is due to go on trial charged with drug trafficking, police in Portugal are reported to be on the alert for a national cell of
Portugal’s economy recovering its competitiveness
Portugal’s economy seems to be recovering its competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index 2014-2015 released earlier this week. It is the first time the country’s perceived