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Proposal to end “animal slaughters” at Portuguese kennels launched

A citizens’ proposal to end the “slaughter” of animals at Portuguese kennels is going to be launched tomorrow (March 7) by animal rights party PAN in its head-office in Lisbon.

In an official statement, PAN said its proposal aims to “

Salgado faces €10 million in fines as Attorney General studies BES forensic audit

Following Deloitte’s “forensic audit” - highlighting the ruinous management of former BES boss Ricardo Salgado - media sources suggest the net is now inches from tightening around a multi-million criminal prosecution that could see Salgado fined

Bail terms expected today for ex-PJ high flyers and alleged associates

Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, the former PJ detective-turned-president of the association of missing children-turned vice president of Sporting Football Club and now suspected of a leading role in a gang of armed robbers that posed as policemen, has

Weekend weather: Portugal “sunny and warm”

Portugal is set to enjoy a sunny and warm weekend with temperatures exceeding 20ºC more or less throughout the country, according to the latest forecasts from the Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute (IPMA).

The early taste of spring

Residents take legal steps over water-guzzling berry giant

A group of Sotavento residents is steeling itself for a showdown with water-guzzling berry giant, Hubel – the Algarve’s agricultural “success story” responsible for the “best raspberries in Europe” at a cost of up to a million litres of

Seven-year-old spends “at least two days” living alongside dead father

Details are still sketchy but what is certain is that a seven-year-old boy has just spent “at least two days” in Coimbra living alongside a dead father and a collapsed grandmother.

Whether he ate anything or not, and how he managed on his

Portugal ranks 10th in the world’s 15 “grimmest” economies

The good news is that Portugal is in 10th position. Greece, for example, is up near the top at number five and Spain is doing worse, too, pegged at number six.

What are we talking about? Bloomberg’s “misery index”: the 15 countries of the

Portugal wants to double its numbers of German tourists, says Portas

In a week when political hoardings scattered around the Algarve were cited for “causing discontent” among German holidaymakers, deputy prime minister Paulo Portas has revealed that one of the coalition’s “ambitions” is to attract twice the number

Portuguese PM says it is time the EU opened its arms to Turkey

In a week where he has been accused of plotting to bring the downfall of the Greek government, Portugal’s prime minister has extended a clear hand of friendship to Turkey - the Mediterranean country marking the boundary with the Middle East that