Emergency
Growing concerns about proposed strike action by the immigration service during the Euro 2004 tournament have been heightened by a similar threat by fire-fighters. During the Third National Congress of
Portugal potential target says US
Prime Minister Durão Barroso has played down an ‘advisory’ issued by the US State Department last week, which warned US citizens of the potential for terrorist attacks and hooliganism if
Euro 2004 hooligans foiled
British police officers have banned more than 100 English football fans, who may have been planning to cause trouble at next month’s Euro 2004 tournament, from travelling to Portugal. The
Report slams Portugal’s prisons
Overcrowding and poor sanitation in Portugal’s prisons, plus a lack of alternatives to custodial sentences, are just some of the problems highlighted in a report by the Justice Ministry. The
Airport chaos ahead
Inspectors from the Foreigners and Frontiers Service (SEF) are advising the government to install giant screens at Portuguese airports during the Euro 2004 tournament, in order to show matches. The
Threats of petrol strike
For the tenth time in four months, petrol prices are set to rise once again. Outraged members of ANAREC – The National Association of Petrol Vendors – have threatened to
Euro 2004 – SEF plans strike
Incoming flights to Portugal could be cancelled in the event of the Foreign and Frontiers Office (SEF) calling a strike during the forthcoming Euro championship. The director of Lisbon airport,
Drugs haul on beach
Several tonnes of hashish were seized and 10 foreigners from Eastern Europe arrested following a dawn operation by Portimão’s Fiscal Brigade Detachment (BF) at Barranquinho beach, near Carvoeiro, in the
Nudists’ plea for tolerance
Naturists are trying to convince the authorities to give them more opportunities to live in the way they believe God intended – without clothes – and attract a new kind
Football rocked by corruption
In a scandal that has rocked Portuguese football, police have arrested 16 referees and senior football officials, including the chairman of the country’s Liga de Clubes (League of Clubs), Valentim