School cancelled in northern borough due to snow
School was cancelled today in the municipality of Montalegre (Vila Real district) due to school bus services being suspended because of the snow. The decision left around 600 pupils at
Government still sees 1.5% growth within reach despite lower forecast
Portugal’s mnister of finance, Fernando Medina, said today that he believes the country’s gross domestic product could grow by as much as 1.5% this year, describing this as an “achievable
Well-known union leaders step down due to age
The 15th congress of Portugal largest trade union federation – the CGTP – begins today in Seixal (near Lisbon) and sees a number of ‘familiar faces’ handing on the baton,
English woman, 87, airlifted to hospital from cruise ship off Azores
An 87-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital by a Portuguese naval helicopter on Wednesday after becoming critically unwell on a cruise ship south of São Miguel island in the Azores.
Lisbon opens debate on construction of Jewish Museum
Museum project dependent on being considered of “exceptional interest” Lisbon City Council has approved a public debate on the project to build a Jewish Museum in Belém – initially scheduled
Military ‘bristling’ with ‘bad feeling’; threaten protests
Portugal’s Armed Forces demanding pay increases in line with police Portugal’s military is bristling with indignation over “differentiated treatment” between the Armed Forces and the country’s police. If the government
Russian ambassador rejects ‘interference’ regarding Navalny’s death
Russia’s ambassador to Lisbon has told Portuguese diplomats that the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, for which several Western leaders blame the Kremlin, is being investigated and that
Bobi, the Portuguese wonder dog, is stripped of his Guinness World title
Organisation concludes ‘microchip not sufficient proof of great age’ Bobi the wonder dog, the hero of Conqueiros, the ‘oldest dog ever recorded in the world’, has been posthumously stripped of
Algarve Trade Experience mixes football, wine and spirits
The tenth edition of the Algarve Trade Experience, the biggest wine and spirits event organised by Garrafeira Soares, takes place at the Algarve Stadium on February 26 and 27. This
Portuguese hospital performs first robotic liver transplant in Europe
Curry Cabral performed surgery on patient with cirrhosis now “recovering well” On 5 February, Portugal’s Curry Cabral Hospital performed the first robotic liver transplant in Europe on a patient with