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Portugal Resident2 Oct

Anyone who has tried to adopt a rescue animal in Portugal will probably recognise the problem: the dog or cat you are looking for may be out there, but finding The post Portugal’s new one-stop website aims to make pet adoption easier appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident2 Oct

Portugal’s health service anti-fraud commission has referred public procurement cases to prosecutors and the Court of Auditors – while warning of “critical weaknesses” in the safeguards meant to prevent fraud The post Health service contracts referred to prosecutors as fraud commission finds ‘critical weaknesses’ appea

Portugal Resident1 Oct

Portugal’s GNR police force is carrying out Operation Senior Census 2026, starting today and running until mid-November, which aims principally to assess the living conditions of the country’s elderly, and The post GNR police start ‘Senior Census 2026’ operation appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident30 Sept

With nearly every day recording yet another seizure of drugs, or drug-related equipment and paraphernalia, PSP police announce that they have detained more than 1.900 suspects and seized more than The post More than 1.900 detained and half ton of drugs seized in seven months appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident30 Sept

A 40-year-old Franco-Portuguese man wanted by French authorities for arms trafficking and money laundering has been arrested in the Algarve municipality of Tavira by Portugal’s PJ police. The man was The post Man wanted in France for arms trafficking arrested in Tavira appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident30 Sept

In another situation where there are two readings of the same situation, Lusa reports today that five of seven PSP police unions have rejected the government’s proposal for a supplement The post Five of seven PSP unions reject proposal on supplement for frontier control police appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident29 Sept

Pride and a sense of belonging to the profession are essential to protect firefighters and police officers from the emotional exhaustion caused by constant exposure to situations of risk, death The post Professional pride protects firefighters and police from emotional exhaustion appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident27 Sept

Fourteen people were treated for smoke inhalation after a Delta airlines plane en-route for Boston, in the United States, made an emergency landing in Porto late this afternoon. Four of The post 14 passengers treated for smoke inhalation after plane makes emergency landing in Porto appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident26 Sept

The mayor of Lousada has called for an urgent review of Portugal’s laws governing electric scooters following the death of a 15-year-old boy in an accident in the municipality. According The post Lousada calls for urgent e-scooter rules after teenager’s death appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident25 Sept

Maritime Police officers have seized high speed drug boats, tonnes of drugs and detained 37 suspects this year. Yet every one of those suspects was subsequently released under relatively light The post Maritime Police reveal how drug suspects are freed after seizures at sea appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident25 Sept

A young woman firefighter who was injured in the Resende fire that broke out last night has died The 24-year-old, attached to Resende fire station, was seriously injured after a The post Tragedy in Resende: young firefighter injured during combat dies in hospital appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident24 Sept

PAN – the Peoples, Animals, Nature Party – has introduced a bill to criminalise sex with animals. The intention is that anyone who “sexually abuses a companion animal through copulation, The post PAN wants sex with animals classified as crime appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident23 Sept

Maritime Police are celebrating yet another ‘coup’: the seizure of yet another vehicle, along with 2,000-litres of fuel. Granted, they may not have located the vessel which presumably was to The post Maritime Police seize another 2,000-litres of fuel, plus vehicle, in Cacilhas (Almada) appeared first on Portugal Reside

Portugal Resident23 Sept

The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) today sought the conviction of three Navy servicemen accused of the crime of violation of State secrets in the case of the Naval Patrol Vessel The post Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks conviction of three Navy servicemen for violation of State secrets appeared first on Portugal Resid

Portugal Resident23 Sept

UPAT, the Prevention and Technological Support Unit of the PJ judicial police, is being searched this morning by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in connection with a complaint of false testimony The post Public Prosecutor’s Office conducts searches related to complaint against national director of PJ criminal police, Ca

Portugal Resident23 Sept

Sixteen trainees from the GNR Training Centre in Portalegre were admitted to the city’s hospital yesterday with “respiratory and digestive problems”. Only last week, the same centre saw the training The post Bed bugs?! The least of police recruits problems in Portalegre appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident23 Sept

The driver accused of injuring two PSP officers in Portimão while fleeing after being stopped for drink-driving has handed himself in to police. The man, a Brazilian national, presented himself The post Driver who injured two Portimão police officers hands himself in appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident23 Sept

Albufeira mayor Rui Cristina has chosen to contest in court a Public Prosecutor’s Office charge of discrimination and incitement to hatred and violence, namely against the local Roma community, saying The post Albufeira mayor opts for trial over discrimination and hate-incitement charge appeared first on Portugal Resid

Portugal Resident22 Sept

Almost 6,000 litres of fuel were seized in the early hours of this morning after authorities intercepted a recreational vessel, and a van, in Porto Brandão, Almada. According to reports, The post Almost 6,000 litres of fuel seized by Maritime Police in Porto Brandão appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident21 Sept

Two PSP officers were injured in Portimão in the early hours of this Monday (September 21) after being struck by a car driven by a man who had just been The post Drink-driver on the run after striking police officers in Portimão appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident21 Sept

Goldman Sachs is to face the liquidators of Banco Espírito Santo in a Lisbon court over more than €90 million in fees and interest linked to a financing deal completed The post Goldman Sachs in court over €90 million received weeks before BES banking collapse appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident20 Sept

With the government already under fire for the way it deals with Portugal’s media, tabloid Correio da Manhã has honed in on the recent 13.7% buy-in to REN (the country’s The post Government’s buy-in to REN electrical grid opens Pandora’s Box appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident20 Sept

The fire in Arganil, in the district of Coimbra, was brought under control at 00.36 this morning, a civil protection source has told Lusa. According to a source from the The post Arganil fire brought under control overnight appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident19 Sept

Wildfire news this evening is all about the large fire that began in Arganil, Coimbra district, and rapidly spread to four municipalities, threatening villages, and causing injuries to at least The post Major fire in Coimbra district spreads rapidly to four municipalities appeared first on Portugal Resident .