Portugal closed 2014 with the lowest number of people working this century
Despite political spin to the contrary, the truth is that Portugal closed 2014 as the European country that had most lost jobs and now has the lowest number of people
British police ready to drop Maddie probe as London faces increasing terrorist threat
An exclusive news story in the UK today claims British police are “baffled” as to why they are being kept on the seemingly endless Maddie probe, and want ‘out’ so
Setúbal Social Security offices attacked by man waiting for his monthly allowance
In apparent protest to the delay in processing his monthly allowance, a 45-year-old man entered Setúbal’s Social Security office on Monday morning and set about “breaking everything”. Windows, computers and
12-year-old ‘saved’ from Azores paedophile recovers in hospital
A community in Ponta Delgada, Azores, is in shock this week after a 12-year-old was found bound, gagged and showing terrible signs of having been attacked in the home of
Human skulls, one mounted on a stick, horrify Viseu park-goers
Two human skulls were discovered yesterday in a municipal garden in Viseu. One was mounted on a stick, the other found nearby on the ground. The council worker who came
Ellie kidnap trial delayed until May 21
It has taken years to come to trial and now even that is being delayed. The trial of Filipe Silva, the father who kidnapped his own daughter, Gisele “Ellie” Silva,
Heavy sentences for PSP “gold thieves” who raided 16 homes
Two PSP agents from Coimbra have been found guilty of a string of burglaries on homes in Mirandela do Corvo and Vila Nova de Poiares. The duo is understood to
Minister of Agriculture appeals to Brussels to reduce Portugal’s €143 million ‘fine’
Agriculture minister Assunção Cristas did her utmost in Brussels yesterday to get the EC to reduce the whopping €143 million which it says Portugal must pay back due to “irregularities”
Portugal spends 20% less on health per inhabitant than European average
The World Health Organisation has declared that health spending per inhabitant in Portugal is 20% less than the European average. Whereas healthcare spending increased during the first decade of the
Crisis leaves youngsters “depressed and anxious”
It’s not just adults who feel the weight of the economic crisis. According to the director of the National Mental Health Programme Álvaro de Carvalho, there has been a “very