Spanish police foil Portuguese stolen car smugglers
Spanish police have foiled a Portuguese car-theft smuggling ring which focused on top-of-the-range cars which it managed to legalise before selling on for high prices. Already six luxury cars –
IMF back in Lisbon as Eurogroup due to discuss Greece … and Portugal
With IMF ‘suits’ back in Lisbon on a “regular evaluation of member states”, the finance ministers of the Eurogroup are due to reconvene in Brussels on Monday with both Greece
Angolan general tells Portugal “prosecute me or return my €2.6 million”
DCIAP investigators are understood to have seized a total of €2.6 million in cash from the Portuguese homes of General Bento dos Santos “Kangamba” almost five months ago – but
Portugal is “third biggest European real estate market” for Chinese
Portugal was the third European real estate market that attracted the most Chinese investment in 2014, according to Chinese magazine News China. In its latest issue, the magazine released a
Ria Formosa: 200 islanders take their protests to Parliament
Around 200 islanders from the Algarve islands of Culatra, Hangares and Farol got up at the crack of dawn today to travel to Lisbon in protest against the controversial demolitions
Tax scandal: Portugal’s PM under increasing fire
Attempts to brush his latest “tax scandal” under the carpet have so far backfired miserably on Portuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho. Socialist party heavyweight and former presidential candidate Manuel
Proposal to end “animal slaughters” at Portuguese kennels launched
A citizens’ proposal to end the “slaughter” of animals at Portuguese kennels is going to be launched tomorrow (March 7) by animal rights party PAN in its head-office in Lisbon.
Salgado faces €10 million in fines as Attorney General studies BES forensic audit
Following Deloitte’s “forensic audit” – highlighting the ruinous management of former BES boss Ricardo Salgado – media sources suggest the net is now inches from tightening around a multi-million criminal
Bail terms expected today for ex-PJ high flyers and alleged associates
Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, the former PJ detective-turned-president of the association of missing children-turned vice president of Sporting Football Club and now suspected of a leading role in a gang of
Weekend weather: Portugal “sunny and warm”
Portugal is set to enjoy a sunny and warm weekend with temperatures exceeding 20ºC more or less throughout the country, according to the latest forecasts from the Portuguese Sea and