Egyptian jeweller, wanted in Cairo over alleged €1.8 million fraud, arrested in Lisbon
An Egyptian jeweller described as ‘on the run from Cairo due to a fraud involving 32 kilos of gold’ has been ‘run to ground’ in Lisbon on the back of
Bangladeshi rape suspect “fled to Portugal; managed to get legalised”
An emigré from Bangladesh fled Sweden following the rape of a 14-year-old girl, to take refuge within a Hindustani community in Amadora, where he managed to become legalised, writes Correio
Average monthly mortgage instalments fall for first time since 2021
The average monthly instalment on mortgage loans in Portugal fell to €423 in March, in what was the first reduction since December 2021, according to data released today by the
Israeli hostage with Portuguese nationality reported dead in Gaza
Portugal’s government has said today that it “greatly laments” the death of a Portuguese-Israeli dual national held hostage in Gaza since the Hamas attack on Israel seven months ago, but
Outgoing health service CEO ‘refuses’ to compile plan for summer
Minister ‘surprised’: presumed plan would have been prepared months ago Outgoing SNS CEO Fernando Araújo has reportedly ‘refused’ to come up with a plan for the running of the health
Portuguese researchers developing broad-spectrum antiviral for next pandemic
Approach has to be “more effective and targeted” than in Covid pandemic Portuguese researchers are developing a drug against a wide range of viruses to deal with a possible new
Police feel “extremely wronged” by government’s offer to ‘make things right’
Minister’s calculations “open door to further protests” President of the National Union of Police Officers said today that his colleagues feel “extremely wronged” by the proposal presented yesterday by the government
Portugal has roughly a million free-roaming animals – mostly cats
First national census of roaming animals released today Mainland Portugal has more than 930,000 free-roaming animals, including 830,541 cats and 101,015 dogs, according to data from the first National Census
Combined forces of minority parties approve end of ‘ex-SCUT motorway tolls’
Government’s fragile hold on power starts shredding Parliament yesterday approved the end of motorway tolls – deemed illegal 14 years ago – on ‘formerly SCUT highways’, overriding the government but
Porto Bar Association officially expels brothers condemned over acid-bath murder
It has taken years, but Porto’s Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados) has officially expelled the ‘Bourbon brothers’, Pedro and Manuel – both serving maximum jail terms for this country (25