Air Force detects yet another Russian ship in Portugal’s exclusive economic zone
Ship belongs to Russian programme for ‘research into critical underwater infrastructure’ Portugal’s Air Force has detected yet another Russian spyship in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone. According to a statement
Consumer watchdog calls for VAT reduction on bottled gas
Government already under fire for ‘huge spike’ coming in fuel prices Consumer protection association DECO has called for a VAT reduction on bottled gas – the fuel still used for
New shock within state health system: executive director resigns under cloud
Gandra d’Almeida outed for working two (highly paid) public sector jobs at same time Portugal’s AD government is taking flak this weekend after an investigation by SIC reported that the
Portugal faced with doubling country’s defence costs
New NATO targets “will force spending update” from €3 billion a year to €6.4 billion Everything points to Portugal having to re-think its defence spending – still lagging critically behind
Mortality higher than it was during two years of pandemic
Surge of respiratory infections sees various hospitals activate contingency plans The first two weeks of 2025 saw more deaths than during the same period in 2022 and 2023, “years marked
Masonic ‘angle’ continues to hound ‘potentially unbeatable’ candidate for presidency
Admiral Gouveia e Melo ‘supported by mason under suspicion’ With the national media hype over immigration already under criticism, huge focus too has been put on the ‘masonic angle’ to
Snow leopard fossil discovered in Portugal “challenges long-held assumptions”
Snow leopard habitats do not need to be ‘high up in mountains’ Considering current icy temperatures, it might come as little surprise that the fossil of a snow leopard has
Top Lisbon hospital “without conditions” to train medical interns
Amadora-Sintra being forced to let go of interns One of Lisbon’s busiest hospitals is being forced to ‘let go’ of its medical interns because it is not deemed to have
Portuguese government seeks to protect Culatra islanders
After years of struggle, islanders labelled ‘illegal’ are brought in from cold The door has finally opened on the fair treatment that communities on Culatra Island in Ria Formosa
Inquiry launched into death of two-year-old ‘sent home after visiting A&E’
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the death of Teo Nascimento, a two-year-old who died at home a day and a half after visiting the emergency department