4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (639+ words) Fresh from the defeat of its motion of censure against the government, CHEGA has opened two new fronts: proposing that Portuguese and European Union children receive priority in oversubscribed schools, and accusing justice minister Rita Alarcão Júdice of lying to…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (541+ words) Two PSP officers from Olhão have gone on trial accused of kidnapping and killing a Moroccan man in 2024, with both GNR investigators and a medical expert telling Faro Court that his injuries were not compatible with the hit-and-run scenario that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (586+ words) In the kind of announcement that hides an unpleasant punchline, prime minister Luís Montenegro has announced today that the collection of biometric data from foreign passengers will start being carried out at 100% from September 6, in Portugal. “On September 6 we will…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (221+ words) A new stretch of coastal boardwalk has opened between Altura and Praia Verde in Castro Marim, creating a continuous pedestrian link through one of the eastern Algarve’s most attractive stretches of coastline. The new section, opened on August 21, connects Praia…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (273+ words) Closing another busy summer season, President of the Portuguese Tourism Confederation, Francisco Calheiros, has shown that the undercurrent of pressure to resurrect the plan to transform Montijo air base into an overspill airport for Lisbon remains strong, even though it…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (363+ words) Leaping onto the bandwagon that rolled across the front pages yesterday, right-wing party CHEGA wants to know how many people combine high pensions with salaries and positions appointed by the State. The case of former minister Correia de Campos, who…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (625+ words) Former Health Minister António Correia de Campos is combining a monthly pension of €5.524 euros from the Caixa Geral de Aposentações (the institution managing the pensions of public sector employees) with a salary of €3.000 for his role as ombudsman for Members…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (428+ words) Prosecutors investigating allegations of torture and sexual violence at Lisbon’s Rato police station believe the number of officers involved is “much higher” than initially expected — and that further suspects face the possibility of arrest. According to Expresso, the disclosure appears…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (510+ words) This is a story kick-started by independent newspaper Página Um, and subsequently picked up by ‘heavy hitters’, including Correio da Manhã/ Canal Now, among others. But there are so many ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ in the mix, that it may well…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (747+ words) The famous advice of Dickens’ Mr. Wilkins Micawber to the young David Copperfield regarding personal debt is that if one’s expenditure is less than income, the result should be contentment, but if one spends more than is receivable, even fractionally,…...