“Chaos at 30,000 feet” forces emergency landing of easyJet flight at Faro airport
Incident followed reported fainting of easyJet co-pilot on flight into Lisbon An easyJet plane bound for Lisbon had to turn back to Faro and make a reported emergency landing –
Priest launches craft beer to help restore church
Parish priest Edgar Clara created a series of initiatives to raise the €220,000 needed to restore Lisbon’s Santa Cruz do Castelo Church. Creativity has no bounds for Edgar Clara, parish
Algarve chosen for next year’s National Gastronomy Day celebrations
Clams and other bivalves will be the stars of the Portuguese culinary art festival, which will be held in Albufeira on July 26, 2025. The Portuguese Hotel, Restaurant, and Similar
GNR suspect trio of “being in situation analogous to slavery”
Police flag situation during operation “to inspect foreign nationals in municipality of Almeirim” The GNR has identified three men who they suspect of being in a situation analogous to slavery,
Portugal accused of reducing immigrants to status of economic tools
“Country has forgotten these are people who need to be integrated” Into an already complicated picture, the director general of the Jesuit Refugee Service has accused Portugal of reducing immigrants
Number of children in Portugal increases for first time in 20 years
Immigrants are “principal explanation” For the first time in two decades, the number of children under the age of 15 has started to increase in Portugal. 2023 saw 3,000 more
Surge in house purchases as under-35s exempted from tax, stamp duty
August expected to see double the usual number of ‘escrituras’ Bookings for ‘escrituras’ (deeds) have surged in response to the government’s new law exempting under-35s from house purchase tax (IMT)
26-year-old fisherman rescued after falling overboard 22 kms northwest of Aveiro
A young Indonesian working on a fishing boat last night had a lucky escape after falling overboard in pitch darkness. He was pulled out of the water by the boat’s
Scammers rip Portuguese citizens off to tune of more than €110 million in 2023
PSP registers three-fold increase in number of scams reported Scams are on the increase in Portugal. They fleeced citizens of more than €110 million in 2023, accounting for 17.44% of
Council for Digital in Public Administration created today
Government moves on Portugal’s digital transformation… The government has announced the creation of the country’s Council for Digital in Public Administration. What this appears to mean is that we are