Protest called over closure of essential services at Portimão Hospital
Portimão’s paediatric and obstetrics A&E departments are closed this month A protest has been called for Friday (August 30) at 11am in front of Portimão Hospital over the closure of
Immigrant associations schedule protest outside parliament for October 25
Various associations representing immigrants in Portugal have scheduled a protest to take place outside parliament in Lisbon on October 25 calling for the reinstatement of the “manifestation of interest” document
Farmers threaten to return to street protests in September
Like police, Portugal’s farmers are threatening to return to the streets in protest in September unless the government comes up with more support. The federation of farmers particularly wants the
Second anti-immigration protest scheduled for Porto
A second anti-immigration protest has been scheduled to take place in Porto tomorrow, according to reports in the media. Organised by the party “Ergue-te!” (Get up!), it has chosen Campo
TVDE drivers protest has little impact
TVDE drivers – those working for online platforms UBER and BOLT – were on strike today in various parts of the country. But the strike had little effect. A source
Porto students wheeling travel bags protest at prospect of emigration
Around 200 university students demonstrated in Porto today wheeling travel bags against the prospect of emigration/ lack of accommodation and other problems faced by ‘Generation 30’ – so called because
Unions protest in Lisbon ahead of new government being sworn in
Around 200 public administration shop stewards, union leaders and activists demonstrated in downtown Lisbon today in a protest organised by the Frente Comum (Common Front) to demand that the future
Climate protestors unfurl banner on roof of Bank of Portugal
Bank “makes no comment”; PSP police unaware Students from the Grève Climática Estudantil (Student Climate Strike) movement climbed onto the roof of the Bank of Portugal in Lisbon early this
Immigrants protest outside asylum agency in Portimão
Demonstration against long delays in the granting of residency cards Several months of fruitlessly waiting for their residency cards led dozens of desperate immigrants to hold a demonstration outside the
Teachers street protests move to Porto and Aveiro
etermined ‘not to be forgotten’ by whatever future government emerges from the March 10 elections, teachers are back on the streets again today, this time in Porto and Aveiro. The