Riot police in force in Lisbon over latest protest by “small BES investors”
Riot police were out in force today to protect the bank that refuses to honour the savings of thousands of Portuguese emigrants. As news services reported from Lisbon’s Baixa district
Anti-bullfighting protest in Albufeira
An anti-bullfighting demonstration will take place in Albufeira on Friday August 7, from 6.30pm. Organised by activists group Cidade de Albufeira Anti-Touradas (CAAT), the demonstration will begin near the escalators
Thousands take to Lisbon streets to shout “Government OUT!”
As many as 5,000 people took to the streets of Lisbon yesterday (Wednesday) demanding an end to the politics of austerity – but curiously the news, covered by Agence France-Presse,
Truce at last to Algarve tourism’s embarrassing “protest-in-chains”
Proving that desperate measures can indeed alter desperate circumstances, the embarrassing “protest in chains” that has highlighted a problem suffered by so many hotel workers in the Algarve came to
Havoc and heartbreak as civil servants march on Lisbon
Schoolchildren are among the worst hit today by civil servants marching on Lisbon in protest to the government’s ongoing policies of austerity. All over the country, youngsters who had specially
Anti-bullfighting protest demands closure of bullring
Another protest against bullfighting in Albufeira is taking place in the city on October 10 from 8pm. The demonstration is again being organised by the CAAT (Cidade de Albufeira Anti-Touradas).
Climate marches
It was nothing like as high profile as the marches in other towns and cities throughout the world, but citizens concerned over climate change took to the streets of Rossio
Anti-bullfighting protest in Albufeira
Bullring || Over 80 people took part in an anti-bullfighting demonstration held outside Albufeira’s bullring last Friday night (August 22), as state-owned television station RTP screened the event. The demonstration
Anti-tolls ‘slow march’ kick-starts summer protests
A small group of anti-tolls protesters took to the EN125 last Saturday (July 12) for the first of a new round of demonstrations against the A22 tolls. The protest, which
Mayors protest over “intolerable” healthcare situation in Portugal’s holidaymaking Algarve
Holidaymakers to the sunny Algarve were met with a worrying protest this morning. Locals and tourists alike were presented with balsa wood medical spatulas as they approached Albufeira’s Praia do