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Maintaining boundaries based on biological sex is not discriminatory but necessary to prevent humiliation and danger.

The threats began after the nurse and mother of three publicly supported euthanasia during a televised debate.

Pedro Roque, who worked with the rink hockey team, is one of the suspects in Operation Harry Potter, which arrested four people caught in the act.

Another (rare) ‘hospital mix-up’ – when the wrong body is released to a family for burial – happened this week in Lisbon, but it differs from the norm by involving The post Celebrities affected by hospital body blunder appeared first on Portugal Resident.

The fire started on the building's top floor. No injuries have been reported.

The Clérigos Tower was partially evacuated in the early afternoon on Friday due to a battery fire on the upper floor of the monument, a Porto City Council source told Lusa. The alert was raised at 12:41 and, by the time emergency services arrived, the situation had already been resolved by the personnel ...

Part of Porto's Torre dos Clérigos was evacuated after a battery experienced a short circuit. Emergency services attended the scene and the situation is being assessed.

The nightclub was recently authorised to extend its opening hours.

Coach Ricardo Sá Pinto is one of ten Portuguese nationals who have chosen not to leave Iran despite the protests and unrest. He told RTP that the atmosphere in the capital is now calmer.

The women promised to cure illnesses and remove the evil eye. The court released the accused, who had been held in custody for a year and a half.

Jorge Silva Carvalho, an expert in Information and Defence Affairs, analyses the rise of radicalisation at increasingly younger ages.

Ricardo Raposo reported the theft on social media.


The União dos Blocos has highlighted delays, breakdowns in dialogue and a lack of guarantees from the Lisbon City Council regarding the parades scheduled for February 2026.

Tantura restaurant has shut its doors after a series of antisemitic attacks. The owners say “we were punished for something for which we are not to blame”, citing safety concerns and sustained hostility that made operating impossible.
A German hacker deleted the platform live during a conference in Hamburg and revealed the profiles of 8,000 users.

An Israeli restaurant, Tantura, was forced to close in Lisbon after threats, boycotts and anti‑Semitic vandalism.

This Saturday, 10 January, marks the end of Tantura in Bairro Alto, Lisbon. The owners cite the 'alarming rise of antisemitism worldwide' as the reason for the closure, which has led to acts of vandalism, defamation, 'hostile campaigns and a total boycott' of the restaurant.

The PSP caught Miguel Arruda's domestic worker wearing clothes stolen by the former Chega MP.

Tantura had been open for nearly ten years and will close on Saturday, the owners said on Instagram.

A former Chega MP is accused of giving part of the loot from suitcases he stole at the airport to his spouse, the indictment states: clothing, footwear and even a computer.

The Clinical Directorate of the Algarve Local Health Unit told CM that there had been a peak in attendances.

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At 18:00, the Chega party lodged a formal complaint reporting incidents of shots fired using prohibited weapons in Lisbon.
