Fur flies as holidaymakers fly in to police protest
Just as it had hoped, the police union’s high-profile airport protests are hitting home. AHRESP, the hoteliers’ association, has appealed for dialogue “before tourism is any further damaged”, and a
Thousands of farmers march on Lisbon
Waving placards declaring “more hunger, more misery”, thousands of the nation’s farmers converged on Lisbon last week to protest over new laws which force them to pass receipts for the
Police evacuate A22 tolls protesters
In another sad day for the fight to abolish motorway tolls on the A22 Via do Infante, PSP police were called to evacuate a handful of protesters demonstrating in the
Securitas protest
Dozens of employees of Securitas demonstrated outside the firm’s offices in Portimão this week, in protest to the cuts in their timetables announced recently. The security services company says it
Farmers’ protest
New tax laws have mobilised producers in Lagos who claim their implementation will kill a valuable local activity. The growers and subsistence farmers are launching a petition which they hope