Portugal

DRIVERS COMMITTING three serious driving offences in a five year period face a two-year driving ban under tough new police rules. They will then only be able to get back

UNLIMITED NUMBERS of condoms are being given away for free at health centres throughout the country to help prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Jorge Branco, director of the

PRIVATE GAMING company Estoril-Sol, which runs both the Estoril and Lisbon casinos, has demanded clarity from the government over who actually will own the site and building occupied by the

AT LEAST two people died in the widespread floods that hit Lisbon after torrential rain storms on Sunday night. Lisbon, Cascais, Oeiras, Loures, Belas and Sintra were among the worst

SUPPORTERS OF ANIMAL, the Portuguese animal rights association, were due to protest with red painted hands in front the Japanese embassy in Lisbon on Wednesday. The fake bloodied hands were

PRIME MINISTER José Sócrates officially opened Lisbon’s Rossio Station last Saturday morning. He arrived at the station from Campolide at 11.30am after passing through the refurbished earthquake-proof Rossio Tunnel, which

THE POLÍCIA JUDICIÁRIA is investigating Millennium bcp over alleged crimes of fraud and money laundering. The order to undertake the investigation was given by the legal department which investigates commercial

BY 2020, 31 per cent of Portugal’s total energy consumption will come from sustainable and renewable energy sources. The claim was made by the president of the Portuguese Association of