Bodies discovered of French tourist couple reported missing on island of Madeira
Foreign resident found first body last night The bodies of the French couple, Laurent and Véronique Blond, who went missing while they were holidaying in Madeira last month, have been
Miguel Albuquerque “asks to be heard” over corruption probe
Just like former prime minister António Costa, the former governor of Portugal’s autonomous region of Madeira is eager to ‘clear his name’ to continue with his political aspirations. Miguel Albuquerque
President accepts list of secretaries of State for Portugal’s XXIV government
Secretaries to be sworn in at Palácio de Ajuda at 6pm President Marcelo has now formally accepted the list of 41 secretaries of State proposed by Portugal’s new prime minister
GNR corporal in critical condition after 5km ‘fitness test run’
A GNR corporal, aged 48, collapsed with heart failure during a fitness test run in Cascais on Wednesday and is now on a ventilator in ‘critical condition’ in hospital. The
19 victims of sexual abuse want compensation from Portugal’s Catholic Church
Nineteen victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests and/ or those connected to the Portuguese Catholic Church have indicated to Group Vita (the group created to handle these
Engineers responsible for landslide given suspended jail sentences
Guimarães court has today handed down suspended jail terms of two years and three months to two engineers tried in the case of a landslide in 2013 in the parish
Inhabitants of Odemira “terrified of GNR” following “episodes of violence against civilians”
Accounts surface just as investigation opens into claims of police beatings in Setúbal Police beatings are the news topic of the day, following the announcement by the inspector-general of internal
Nuno Borges advances to Estoril Open quarter-finals
Nuno Borges pulled off an amazing upset by beating the world’s 24th best ranked tennis player, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti, in two sets (7-6 and 6-3) in the second round of
President officially sets European elections for June 9
It’s the date the last government tried so hard to change – to no avail. And now President Marcelo has made it official: Sunday June 9 will be the day
Number of homeless people in Lisbon increased 25% in 2023
The numbers themselves may sound relatively ‘small’ (530 people), but they show that rough sleepers in Lisbon are 25% up on numbers from the year before. According to association Comunidade