Association calls on France to honour “Portuguese hero”
Lino Sousa Loureiro died trying to defend police from terrorist attack The International Association of Portuguese Descendants (AILD) has called on French authorities to recognise the “heroic act” of 69-year-old
Portuguese, 69, killed trying to intervene in France knife attack
A Portuguese man, aged 69, died this afternoon after purposely putting himself between an Algerian citizen, armed with a knife, and police officers whom he was threatening to attack, in
Portuguese ‘jihadi’ in process of repatriation from Iraq
Nero Saraiva, one of the last surviving Portuguese ‘jihadis’ that fought with ISIS/ Daesh, is in the process of being repatriated to Portugal in order to serve out the remainder
Translation app prompts terror alert in Lisbon
Confuses ‘pomegranate’ with ‘grenade’ A luckless tourist from Azerbaijan found himself surrounded by armed police and ordered to the floor in Caís de Sodré, Lisbon, after a translation app he
Portugal’s ‘significant’ terror threat only midway on scale
Higher degrees of threat involve ‘elevated’, ‘immediate’ and ‘Z’ With the decision by Portugal’s internal security services to increase the country’s terror threat level, the truth is that a ‘significant
Breaking news: terror threat in Portugal raised to “significant”
Portugal’s Internal Security System (SIS) has decided this evening to raise the level of terrorist threat in the country from moderate to significant – considering that, in the context of
Portugal’s terror threat level “stays where it is” for now
But security reinforced around “places, people and institutions considered most at risk” With the Western world very much on alert following the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, and ensuing
Suspected Syrian ‘terrorist stowaways’ to appear before magistrates in Faro
Young men removed from cargo ship Vestvind in police operation The 10-day long drama of what to do with two ‘uncooperative’ Syrian stowaways – identified by the Syrian government as
Cargo vessel with suspected terrorist stowaways off Algarve coast
Syrian stowaways are both injured, need urgent medical attention There is a deal of confusion this morning about the exact whereabouts, sailing plan and situation of cargo vessel Vestvind, sailing
Public prosecutors insist former student must be charged with ‘training for terrorism’
Public prosecutors are appealing the sentence handed down to former engineering student João Carreira, insisting he should be convicted of ‘training for terrorism’. João, 19, is serving the remainder of