Military âbristlingâ with ‘bad feeling’; threaten protests
Portugal’s Armed Forces demanding pay increases in line with police Portugalâs military is bristling with indignation over âdifferentiated treatmentâ between the Armed Forces and the countryâs police. If the government
Scores of TVDE drivers protest outside parliament
Demand more regulations: âsome drivers have no licences; canât speak Portugueseâ TVDE drivers and bosses have led a noisy, slow-march protest past parliament today – just the latest sector to
Protesting farmers accuse minister of lying
Farmers, like police, have been back protesting – in farmersâ case with a new âslow marchâ in the so called âwestern regionâ of Portugal, between Bombarral and Caldas da Rainha.
Hundreds of police break ranks to picket election debate
Another mass police protest called for Terreiro do Paço in Lisbon on Monday evening morphed into a âspontaneous picketingâ of the final election debate, held at the nearby CapitĂłlio theatre.
New police protest in Lisbon; thousands expected
Caretaker government inflames issues further by increasing firefightersâ supplements A new âmass protestâ of PSP and GNR police is expected to gather in central Lisbon today as the caretaker government
Around 50 Portuguese radio stations join boycott of March 10 elections
Claim government has neglected sector Around 50 radio stations across the country have joined a boycott of the election campaign in protest to the government’s neglect of the sector, the
Portugalâs police return to protests at air and seaports
Want to “show visitors to Portugal conditions in which police work” The platform that represents syndicates of the PSP and GNR police forces has called vigils today at the countryâs
Police boycott meeting called by government
Syndicates say it would just have been ‘another PR exercise’ ahead of elections More than half the police syndicates called by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a meeting today
PSP Faro suspends shooting drills as agents fail in new suspected form of protest
PSP police in Faro have suspended all shooting drills indefinitely due to the abnormally high number of officers failing. As a PSP source has admitted to Lusa news agency, the
Bank workers across Portugal and Spain take to streets for better wagesÂ
Say banksâ âextraordinary profitsâ should filter down to rank and file Bank workers in Portugal and Spain are taking to the streets today in a âunified cry of dissatisfactionâ. They