AIMA “on way to resolving migrations backlog”
Former high commissioner for migration and head of AIMA, the Portuguese Agency for the Integration of Migrants and Asylum, Sónia Pereira said today that the agency is “on the way”
Whooping cough sees almost 10-fold increase year-on-year
Portugal recorded 200 cases of whooping cough in the first four months of this year, compared to 22 in the whole of the previous year, the general health directorate (DGS)
One in eight citizens continue to work after retirement
Almost half “out of financial need” Around one in eight pensioners continued to work after receiving their first pension, according to data from INE (Statistics Portugal), released today. “The majority
Minister accuses dismissed lottery foundation boss of ‘total inaction’
Accusatory ping-pong persists at Santa Casa da Misericórdia Since respected public servant Ana Jorge was summarily dismissed as chairman of Lisbon’s Santa Casa da Misericórdia (SCML) for “seriously negligent behaviour”,
CTT Post Office fined €400,000 for violating obligations
CTT having challenging week: State ‘freed’ from paying €23 million indemnity CTT Post Office – the privatised postal service that has become synonymous with frustration – is having a difficult
Parliament in critical housing policy votes
Parliament is due to vote today on the new government’s proposals to scrap the majority of housing policies brought in under PS Socialists’ controversial ‘Mais Habitação’ regime. The arguments underpinning
Minister refuses to be drawn on reasons for replacing PSP chief
Yet another ‘top figure’ in public office has been replaced by the AD government. Following the controversial release of the chairman and board of Lisbon’s Santa Casa da Misericórdia, the
Major swoop on drug trafficking in Porto sees seven arrested, including former cop
PJ police arrested seven people this morning, including (according to an official statement) a former PSP agent alleged to be the “leader of one of the most important trafficking rings
Extreme right wing figure Mário Machado condemned to jail for hate speech
Extreme right wing figure Mário Machado has been condemned to two years 10 months in jail for comments made over social media two years ago, in which he called for
Socialite ‘drag queen’ detained for domestic violence
José Castelo Branco, the self described “public figure of the Portuguese jet set”, was arrested this morning on suspicion of domestic violence against his wife of almost 30 years, American