The President of the Republic promulgated a reduction in prosecutors' training period
This concerns a decree-law approved by the Council of Ministers on 11 December 2025.
It's a 'minor criminal offence' and 'most never reach trial': defamation case announced by Cotrim could take years
The presidential candidate says he would have liked to press ahead with the case before the end of the campaign, but the slow pace of the justice system could drag the matter out, and it may not even come to trial.
Portuguese state paid around €1.5 million in compensation to prisoners since 2016
Lawyers for the inmates are demanding that the State compensate prisoners €1,000 for each month spent in inappropriate detention conditions until a comprehensive intervention in the prisons is carried out.
Government wants to launch a recruitment competition for prison officers 'as soon as possible'
Rita Alarcão Júdice said she hopes this new competition might yield more favourable results than the last one.
Lawyers to present counterproposals to Parliament to speed up the justice system
The bar association president says he believes the €743,000 budget to celebrate the professional body's centenary will not be fully spent.
Participation in prison officers' strike around 80% today
The strike began on 16 December and will take place over ten non-consecutive days.
The Regulation of Procedural Acceleration
Slowness has long been the greatest flaw affecting justice in Portugal. The causes are numerous and diffuse, ranging from strikes and delaying tactics by parties uninterested in the speed of the process, to insufficient judicial staff, failures in IT systems and communications, ...
Will the general strike change anything?
Chaos is guaranteed; now we need to understand if the strike will bring what citizens really need. Additionally, the Portuguese justice system complicates matters instead of providing explanations.
