Military ‘bristling’ with ‘bad feeling’; threaten protests
Portugal’s Armed Forces demanding pay increases in line with police Portugal’s military is bristling with indignation over “differentiated treatment” between the Armed Forces and the country’s police. If the government
Scores of TVDE drivers protest outside parliament
Demand more regulations: “some drivers have no licences; can’t speak Portuguese” 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 farmers’ case with a new ‘slow march’ in the so called ‘western region’ 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 ‘spontaneous picketing’ of the final election debate, held at the nearby Capitólio theatre.
New police protest in Lisbon; thousands expected
Caretaker government inflames issues further by increasing firefighters’ supplements A new ‘mass protest’ 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
Portugal’s 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 country’s
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 wages
Say banks’ “extraordinary profits” should filter down to rank and file Bank workers in Portugal and Spain are taking to the streets today in a “unified cry of dissatisfaction”. They