Oncologist applauds INFARMED’s approval of four new medications using cannabis
Oncologist Jorge Espírito Santo has applauded the recent approval by INFARMED (Portugal’s medicines authority) of four new medical products using cannabis to relieve suffering of cancer patients, epileptics and people
Electric ferry ‘suspended’ because jetty sinks
Aveiro’s electric ferry service had to be suspended yesterday because the jetty it uses had sunk. According to reports, “the problem was detected on Tuesday evening, and was caused by
Police raise money to help octogenarian they fined
Guimarães municipal police felt very bad about a €174 fine their service meted out to after towing away the car of an octogenarian driver who had parked it badly. The
Long-term leader of doctors’ union steps down
Jorge Roque da Cunha, the secretary-general for the last 12 years of SIM – the Independent Syndicate of Doctors – is to step down at the union’s congress later this
Animal mistreatment cases ‘thrown out’ on appeal now face penalties
Constitutional court ruling means around 50 cases should now be prosecuted The decision by the Constitutional Court not to declare a law ‘outlawing mistreatment of pet animals’ unconstitutional means that
Ukrainian restaurant in Odivelas vandalised with letter “Z”
Attack seen as further evidence of Russian ‘intimidation’ A Ukrainian restaurant in Odivelas was daubed overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday with spray-painted letter “Z”s – the sign of support for
LIVRE “still believes in left wing government”
Party with 4 MPs holds out for results of emigré constituencies LIVRE – the upwardly moving left-wing party that quadrupled its representation in parliament in Sunday’s legislative elections – is
Israeli criminal group routed in Operation Ozark
PJ police take part in Europe-wide swoop Fifteen people have been arrested in a Europe-wide operation targeting an Israeli criminal group, which may well have operated in Portugal. PJ police
Journalists strike for first time in 40 years
Demonstrations to take place across country Portugal’s journalists (at least many of those signed up to the national syndicate of journalists) are on strike today, in a protest against low
Well-being in Portugal “rising for three decades”
Well-being in Portugal has increased over the last three decades, approaching the level of the European Union (EU), reflecting a greater weight of consumption in the Gross Domestic Product (