Stranded tanker carrying 150,000 litres of diesel poses no risks to Portuguese coast
Mayor “confident” tanker can be safely repaired at sea The mayor of Viana do Castelo said today that he is confident of the safe repair of the tanker carrying more
Covid-19 vaccine victims sue Portuguese state
Victims “feel betrayed by those who should have protected them” Bit by bit, throughout the developed world, victims of the vaccines created at the ‘speed of science’ to combat Covid-19,
New ‘upset’ inflames police: right to discuss right to strike
Interior minister caught in maelstrom The qualities of Portugal’s minister for interior administration have been queried since her appointment earlier this year – and once again Margarida Blasco is ‘in
Police chief says “PSP must make peace with troubled neighbourhoods”
“We have to create conditions and strategies” – deputy superintendent Deputy Superintendent Aurora Dantier has stressed that the PSP must “make peace” with the neighborhoods on the outskirts of Lisbon,
Portugal’s approach to electric mobility ‘isn’t working’
Report stresses country has no hope of achieving carbon neutrality targets Charging electric vehicles on Portugal’s public grid can be twice as expensive as doing it at home, according to
CHEGA ‘outraged’ by President’s unscheduled trip to troubled neighbourhoods
Party prepares “formal complaint” for president’s “deplorable partiality” The unscheduled visit by President Marcelo to neighbourhoods and families scarred by unrest following the police shooting last month of Odair Moniz
Two people die “due to delays in 112 emergency line”
Government “regrets” situation and orders ‘internal audit’ Portugal’s emergency medical services are in “chaos”, claims STEPH (the syndicate of pre-hospital emergency technicians), citing various examples of the “collapse of the
Ukrainian doctors ‘barred’ from practising in Portugal
Around 50 doctors “want to work”, but cannot pass specific language tests About 50 Ukrainian doctors, mainly women, who fled the war seeking refuge in Portugal, have been unable to
President engages with victims of Lisbon’s neighbourhood unrest
Visits Cova da Moura, speaks with family of Odair Moniz – and with mother of badly burned bus driver With pockets of unrest still scarring the capital in the wake
2025 State Budget ‘approved in generality’ thanks to PS Socialists’ abstention
The 2025 State Budget bill was approved today in general with votes in favour from the two parties supporting the government, PSD and CDS-PP, and the PS abstaining. The other