D. Maria construction debris on stage in a play about people among ruins

“Zénite” is a play about six people surprised by the disappearance of the roof of their house, and is also the first act of a new mobile stage, built with rubble from the works of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (TNDM). The premiere takes place next Thursday, June 27, in an open-air space in […]

Crash injures two, one seriously, and cuts off the A23 in the Mação area

One of the injured was in a serious condition. The alert was given at 09h32. Thecrash of a passenger car on the A23, in the area of Envendos, Mação, this Sunday morning, caused two injuries, one of them serious, confirmed Notícias ao Minuto with a source from the Médio Tejo Sub-regional Emergency and Civil Protection […]

Marcelo, Aguiar-Branco and Montenegro join the São João party

The night of St. John’s Eve brings together the three main figures of the State: the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Parliament, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, and the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro. This is a tradition, with festivities and hammers, carried out by several Presidents of the Republic since the […]

Union speaks of “serious errors” in processing doctors’ salaries

Small group of doctors working together in doctor's office.

The Independent Doctors’ Union (SIM) warned today that “serious errors” persist in the processing of doctors’ salaries in several hospitals, which again failed this month to pay incentives to the new model B Family Health Units. “Since January, SIM has repeatedly warned of serious errors in the processing of doctors’ salaries in several Local Health […]

Portuguese-Belgian citizen arrested in CAR charged with 6 crimes including terrorism

The Portuguese-Belgian citizen arrested last month in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been formally charged with terrorism and attacking state security, the Central African Public Prosecutor’s Office announced. The man, a consultant for the US non-governmental organization (NGO) FHI360, has been charged with six crimes, including attacking the internal and external security of the […]

Circulation on the Blue Line of the Lisbon metro is “disrupted”

Circulation on the Blue Line of the Lisbon metro is “disrupted” Traffic on the Lisbon Metro’s Blue Line is “disrupted” this Friday morning. “Blue Line: there are traffic disruptions,” the company said in a post on the social network X (formerly Twitter), adding that “waiting times may be longer than normal”. In this sense, Metropolitano […]

Navy coordinates rescue of 2 people bleeding off the coast of Sines

The victims were bleeding internally. On Thursday morning,the Portuguese Navy coordinated a search and rescue operation for two people, one aged 65 and the other 51, British and Indian respectively, who were on board the passenger ship Queen Anne. The ship, which was sailing about 40 miles (80 kilometers approximately) southwest of Sines, made a […]

GNR identifies 8 Britons for walking around naked in Albufeira bars

he mayor says that nightlife will always be important for Albufeira, but he met last Wednesday with the police and various business associations. Eight British tourists have been identified by the National Republican Guard (GNR) in Albufeira, Algarve. After being filmed naked in broad daylight in a bar area last weekend, the Guard identified them […]

Creation of 1st PhD at Coimbra Polytechnic Institute approved

The Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra announced today that it has approved the creation of a PhD in Agri-Food and Environmental Sustainability, the first to be taught at this Coimbra higher education establishment. According to the Polytechnic of Coimbra, the PhD in Agri-Food and Environmental Sustainability is a partnership between the Polytechnic of Coimbra and the […]