Food and drinks sector set to fight new tax on ‘unhealthy’ products
The announcement of a new tax on ‘unhealthy products’ has brought condemnation from all sides and seems to have set the cat among the pigeons in the government. Finance minister
Algarve MP sets sights on Europe
Indefatigable Algarve Member of Parliament (MP) Mendes Bota is making a concerted bid for election to the European Parliament, telling voters that it could be just what the Algarve needs.
Witnesses “frightened to come forward” in GNR “child-killer” appeal
At least 85,000 people signed a petition calling for his pardon, but the appeal of GNR officer Hugo Ernano – jailed for nine years for shooting dead a young teenager
Casa Pia defendants walk free
After one of the longest and most confusing legal cases in Portugal, two defendants in the Casa Pia pedophile scandal today walked free. Lisbon’s court of appeal confirmed a previous
Judge (finally) agrees: “Ellie to go home”
A Faro judge has finally pronounced on the heartbreaking custody battle that saw nine-year-old Ellie Kelly Silva kidnapped from her mother and kept in hiding by her father for seven
Maddie anniversary brings shock new revelations
Days before the 7th anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, British detectives say they now know of at least one other child “abused in her bed while on holiday
Yellow alert as rain comes down … again!
The districts of Évora, Faro, Setúbal and Faro have once again been put on a yellow weather alert due to rain and thunderstorms rolling in from the north. The bad
Toyota glitches affecting 6.3 million vehicles
As many as 13,000 Portuguese drivers will be affected by the global Toyota recall of various vehicles for technical glitches – none of which, to date, seem to have resulted
Train strike called for May 8
May 8 promises to be a very bad day for anyone who needs to travel by rail. Hundreds of workers are expected to support the day-long train strike called in
Prison guards strike as scabies threatens jails
As prison guards demonstrated in Lisbon on Friday, a union blog warned that outbreaks of scabies and other skin conditions were threatening health and safety in jails, due to the