Health watchdog launches audit of Portugal’s Local Health Units
Audit is starting with units in Castelo Branco, Western Lisbon and Alto Alentejo Portugal’s health watchdog is taking a hard look at the country’s Local Health Units (ULS), kicking off
Record profits for ANA airports authority as passenger numbers soar
ANA’s profits reached a record €551 million Portugal’s airports authority ANA ended 2024 with a record-breaking profit of €511 million, up 22.5% from the previous year, powered by a surge
Seizures of counterfeit goods surge nearly fivefold in Portugal in 2024
Over 3.2 million counterfeit items were seized in 2024 Portugal saw a massive rise in counterfeit product seizures in 2024, with the total number increasing by nearly 400% compared to
José Luis Carneiro set to lead PS as other likely candidates step aside
PS prepares elections for late June, early July, with Carneiro as only likely candidate After a historic defeat in last Sunday’s legislative elections, the Socialist Party (PS) is moving quickly
Thirty Hindustani immigrants discovered living in shuttered restaurant
Restaurant operating as illegal lodgings space where people paid €10-€20 per night Yet another dangerously precarious illegal lodging has been dismantled in Lisbon, this time used by up to 30
Immigrants sleep outside consular offices in Lisbon and Porto in desperate bid for documents
Some people are sleeping on the street due to the massive queues Every morning, long before dawn breaks, hundreds of immigrants gather outside Portugal’s Directorate-General for Consular Affairs in Lisbon
Government pressed on “international extremist organisation in Portugal”
B&H classified in several countries as “terrorist organisation” The government has been pressed further on the subject of extremist movements in Portugal, and the removal of a particular chapter from
Israeli ambassador ‘summoned by government’ following attack on diplomats in West Bank
Portuguese ambassador in Ramallah among group that came under fire from Israeli soldiers Portugal’s government summoned Israeli ambassador Oren Rosenblat to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday following the attack
Trio arrested on suspicion of supplying flag carrier TAP with sub-standard parts
Operation “Blind Flight” sees searches in various parts of country Three people have been arrested today on suspicion of participating in a scheme to supply Portugal’s flag carrier TAP, as
Portugal reboots
Sunday’s snap election brings new set of problems, but PM survives Sunday’s snap election has delivered Portugal a whole new set of problems. The AD (PSD/CDS-PP) coalition may have ‘won’