1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (350+ words) There is clear disgust today following a public prosecutor's decision to "free' two men detained after a violent attack on the box-office of the Cardinali circus, currently touring the Alentejo, in which one of the circus' owners was stabbed, albeit…...

3+ hour ago  (743+ words) Portugal's restaurant and hospitality sector is in uproar following the renewed debate over a possible return to 23% VAT on food and beverage services, warning it could close businesses, cost jobs and spell higher prices for consumers. The concerns follow comments…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago  (333+ words) News today that the repatriation flight from Tenerife to Canada of passengers from the Hantavirus-stricken cruise-ship was carrying at least one person positive for the potentially deadly virus will have increased the anxiety already voiced by the Portuguese crew that…...

13+ hour, 36+ min ago  (579+ words) Governments are often in need of fast-footed individuals to transform political grandstanding into concrete action, useful to citizens. Without these valuable enablers, projects frequently face burial in the graveyard of ministerial filing cabinets. Tiago Capela Louren'o is an Environmental Engineer…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (416+ words) Just as citizens in Covas do Barroso prepare new legal action to block an administrative servitude " giving mining company Savannah Resources the right to access private land " a new investigation has raised questions of political pressure during the selection of…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (232+ words) Six minors have been arrested by PJ police today, suspected of crimes in Lisbon and Seixal "practised using guns and knives. In a statement, the PJ says the six, all aged either 16 or 17, were arrested by the Set'bal Department of…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (227+ words) Defence minister Nuno Melo has done his best to deflect left wing parties" criticism in reaction to the comment that Portugal "said yes before they even knew what the question was" made to Fox News by U. S. secretary of state Marco…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (920+ words) Back to P'tanque in Portugal, what some call a game of inches, angles and, quite often, a great deal of Gallic-style gesticulation, and we are a long way from the dusty village squares in France and the smell of pastis,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (138+ words) In today's roundup Carl, Natasha and special guest Chris Graeme of Essential Business, cover the big stories making headlines in Portugal: " EU border controls continue to frustrate travellers to Portugal " Brother-in-law of key government minister target of PJ police swoop…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (278+ words) Operation Control Tower, the PJ police investigation into a suspected cartel renting firefighting helicopters to the Portuguese state during the "wildfire season, has now amassed 16 "official suspects, including the brother-in-law of Minister of the Presidency, Ant'nio Leit'o Amaro. In spite…...