Man detained over alleged bomb threat at right-wing CHEGA HQ
Suspect “sought to kill CHEGA leader” Breaking news this morning – coming from the leader of right-wing CHEGA himself – is that a man has been arrested in Lisbon following
Slash in income tax for under-35s to be approved today
But IRS Jovem ‘dependent’ on government’s survival into 2025 IRS Jovem – the ambitious plan to slash income tax for the under-35s, and so encourage younger citizens to remain in
Government acts on failing immigration agency AIMA
Meets with political parties to discuss ‘review of institutional model’ Portugal’s minority AD government is to review the institutional model for the entry into this country of foreign immigrants. This
Parliamentary speaker proposes creation of “vote of repudiation” for “hate speech”
Parliamentary speaker José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, in the hot-seat for failing to ‘slap down’ what he considers to be ‘freedom of expression’, has since come up with a proposal to create
Shopkeepers complain about ‘tent cities’ blighting inner Lisbon
Lisbon’s mayor Carlos Moedas has called for an urgent meeting with the president and prime minister about the situation of immigrants camped in tents within the capital. But today, before
Preliminary estimate for Azores’ hospital repair: €24.3 million
The preliminary cost estimate for repairing fire damage to Ponta Delgada’s Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, in the Azores, is €24.3 million, the Azorean Regional Secretary for Health revealed today.
Brussels to be approached for €713 million due regarding ‘resilience programme’
Portugal’s AD government will ask Brussels next month to hand over the €713 million that has been withheld from the Plan for Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), Manuel Castro Almeida,
Roughly 5,000 health service staff due to retire this year
Almost 2,000 are doctors, warns report by outgoing management team Around 5,000 professionals in Portugal’s SNS national health service are expected to retire this year, the outgoing executive board has
Government wants widest EU support possible for recognition of Palestine…
On a day when Spain, Ireland and Norway have announced that on May 28 (next Tuesday), they will recognise the independence of Palestine, Portugal has said that it wants to
Portugal still one of safest countries in Europe and the world, says PM
Prime minister Luís Montenegro has stressed that Portugal is “objectively one of the safest countries in Europe and the world”, in spite of “certain types of crime” having been recorded