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Bloated carcass of gigantic whale poses threat to nighttime navigation

Maritime authorities are grappling with a massive logistical problem today - in the form of a large whale carcass, off the Costa da Caparica, just below Lisbon.

The bloated mass was sighted by lifeguards and a fisherman early this morning

Infrastructure authority to close seven level crossings in Algarve

Portugal’s infrastructure authority has announced plans to close seven level crossings in the Algarve. Portimão, Silves, Olhão, Tavira and Vila Real de Santo António will be losing at least one railway crossing, while Lagoa might see both the

Thousands of Portuguese Mercedes face emissions recall

Thousands of four-cylinder Mercedes-Benz vehicles are being recalled throughout Portugal this week due to faults being discovered in the software that controls emissions.

Letters being sent out to drivers will inform them to get the

Populations “badly served” by health service, says doctors association

It is being another week of ‘dismal health news’. We’ve had the hospitals “on the brink of attack of nerves” due to unpaid bills, and now we have the doctors association saying populations are badly served by the status quo in which every little

Doh! Border guards “let another three Moroccans escape from Lisbon airport”

Another desperate “unauthorised entry into Schengen space” has left Portuguese border guards with egg on their faces, though luckily, the trio of Moroccans that broke out of Lisbon airport earlier this month were found shortly afterwards and are

Teachers deserve an apology, says Portugal’s opposition

The ongoing battle between the nation’s teachers and the government has now seen Opposition PSD “support” the mantra that “there is no money in the kitty” to actually agree to teachers’ demands.

But the party’s parliamentary leader

Truck drivers call “national stoppage”

Announced over the weekend, and so far with “minimal adhesion”, is another “national stoppage” called by truck drivers union ANTP.

The reasons are the same as those given last month - mainly the high cost of diesel coupled with motorway

Sale of electric cars in Portugal up by 170%

Bit-by-bit the Portuguese car-buying public is changing its habits.

Like drivers throughout the world, they are increasingly choosing energy-saving vehicles.

Says ACAP, the Portuguese association of automobile commerce, sales of

Over 440 children and teens “still traumatised” by killer fires, one year on

With national media commemorating the year’s anniversary of Portugal’s killer fires at Pedrógão Grande, president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been on the ground, flying the flag for the “Pinhal do Futuro” project, focused on ensuring that a fire