Pedro Pichardo crowned triple jump world champion
Pedro Pablo Pichardo, a Cuban-born Portuguese triple-jumper, made history this Friday by becoming Portugal’s first-ever two-time world champion in athletics after winning gold in the triple jump with a spectacular
Public prosecutor asks PM for yet more documentation on family business Spinumviva
As much as the prime minister would like the probe into his involvement with his family business Spinumviva to end, it keeps lurching back into view like a dedicated pantomime
Casa shuts all 13 stores across Portugal
Home and garden décor retailer Casa has filed for insolvency in Portugal, shutting down all 13 of its stores across the country. The move marks the end of the brand’s
Operation Influencer: Judges won’t budge over €75,800 found in office of former PM’s chief-of-staff
Vítor Escária, the former chief-of-staff of PS leader António Costa, in whose office over €75,000 was found, divided up into several envelopes and stored inside books, is finding it very
Algarve’s Isaac Nader is new 1,500m world champion!
Algarve runner Isaac Nader pulled off the race of his life today (September 17) in Tokyo, Japan, surging past rivals in the final stretch to claim the men’s 1,500 metres
Portuguese from Viseu among “hundreds of tourists” stranded in Machu Picchu
At least 900 tourists are stranded near Peru’s ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after the only easy exit, a train service, was blocked by rocks as local people clash
Textile industry faces crisis: 1,000 redundancies in one week in Vale do Ave
September 2025 has been “the worst month for redundancies” in the Portuguese textile industry. Over 1,000 workers have lost their jobs, “just in Vale do Ave” (in the north), writes
PJ opens investigation into Secretary of State for Agriculture over suspicions of corruption
PJ police have reportedly opened an investigation into the Secretary of State for Agriculture, João Moura, over suspicions of corruption and money-laundering. In an ‘exclusive’ today – which has since
Algarve to open 18 new public preschool classrooms
The Algarve will gain 18 new public preschool classrooms, making room for around 400 children who until now had no available places. The announcement was made in Faro by the
Saturday shorts: Wildfire in Murça; body in Valença; firefighters in protest
News today sees yet another wildfire in the north causing problems. This fire in Murça (Vila Real district) began yesterday, and was deemed to have ‘entered the resolution phase’ earlier