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Eight individuals received medical treatment for smoke inhalation following a hotel fire in Lisbon that was reported at 04:30 and successfully extinguished by 05:06.
Service on the Red Line of the Lisbon Metro was restored around 16:45 on Friday, March 6, after a fire caused a disruption for about two hours. The fire was detected between Oriente and Moscavide near a ventilation shaft, with firefighters confirming that only smoke was present and no flames were involved. The incident began at 14:59 due to a pile of rubbish burning near the ventilation entrance, prompting the deployment of sixteen firefighters for ventilation efforts. The Metro had warned that the interruption could be prolonged due to unforeseen circumstances.
A military flight carrying 39 passengers, including 24 Portuguese nationals, has successfully arrived in Lisbon as part of efforts to evacuate citizens amid the ongoing conflict in Iran. In response to the situation, Portugal is contemplating a new repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia to ensure the safety of its citizens abroad.
An IPMA yellow warning is in force this Friday for eight districts — Guarda, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Leiria, Lisbon, Setúbal, Beja and Faro — calling for increased public caution due to adverse conditions that could affect travel, outdoor activities and local services. At the same time eight presidential candidates will convene in Lisbon for a radio debate, an event whose logistics and audience turnout may be influenced by the weather alert; organisers and the public are advised to monitor forecasts and prioritise safety while ensuring the debate proceeds with contingency plans for any disruptions. The overlap of a national weather warning and a key campaign event underscores the practical intersection of public safety and electoral logistics.
Reports indicate 24 National Republican Guard (GNR) personnel were assigned to reinforce border checks at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport to help reduce queues and bolster security. The GNR later clarified the 24 officers will be deployed as reinforcements from next Tuesday; the airport had previously been reinforced by 25 GNR personnel at 19:00 and around 80 PSP officers over the Christmas period.
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The suspects would lead intoxicated tourists to try fake drugs, then force them to withdraw or transfer money to pay for the sample.
The administrative offence proceedings were based on 230 police reports filed by the PSP in 2025 as part of the crackdown on this illicit activity.
It was necessary to “prevent access to the construction sites” currently underway at the National Pantheon, the entity clarifies.
The contingency plan provides for a reinforcement of 30 police officers with border guard training at Lisbon airport and another temporary reinforcement of 15 agents in Faro.
Contingency plan begins on Saturday and runs until April 12. Biometric passenger control returns.
The union representing officers of the PSP (Public Security Police) plans to stage a plenary protest at Lisbon Airport during the Easter period to voice grievances and demands.
With all the drama of Storm Kristin today, the stand made by police unions ASPP/ PSP at Lisbon Airport was completely sidelined. Designed to be a show of protest to The post Police syndicates threaten action at Lisbon Airport over Easter appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The Trade Union Association of Police Professionals (ASPP/PSP) will hold a protest assembly at Lisbon Airport over Easter, announced the organisation's president, who hopes the action will have more impact than the one held today.
Police continue to protest the lack of recognition and proper professional standing for officers posted at Lisbon Airport. The plenary meeting is taking place this morning at the Border Control police station.
The assembly will take place between 07:00 and 11:00 at the Control and Border Police Station, followed by a gathering outside the airport.
Most of the crimes occurred at Lisbon Airport, with at least one of the thefts taking place on the premises of the Lisbon City Council.
Sea conditions are expected to worsen over the next few hours.
The PSP National Directorate has filed a complaint against police officers for abandoning their duties. The officers are accused of leaving the border control at Lisbon Airport last month to take part in a police union meeting.
The PSP were called to the interior of a TAP plane that landed in Lisbon. The person accused of the theft had nothing on them.
A woman was detained at Lisbon Airport for possession of cocaine sufficient for at least 8,500 individual doses. The suspect had arrived from a South American country.
Part of the seized drug was being carried inside the detainee's body, the PJ (Polícia Judiciária) reported.
No matter what the improvements of border controls at Lisbon Airport, January 29 looks like being a ‘bad day’ for passengers to pick for any journeys: ASPP/ PSP – the The post PSP schedule ‘protest rally’ at Lisbon Airport appeared first on Portugal Resident.
According to provisional data released this Wednesday by the PSP in a statement, authorities refused entry at Lisbon Airport to 1,867 people and detained 263.
The Public Security Police (PSP) refused entry to 1,867 passengers out of the 11,377,097 it screened at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon last year, the force said today.
In 2025, 11,377,097 passengers were screened. 263 were arrested.
One of those arrested is accused of serious sexual offences that took place between 2007 and 2008.
The Judicial Police (PJ) dismantled a trafficking network operating through Lisbon Airport from Africa, seizing cocaine and arresting two further suspects today in an investigation launched in 2025, including the alleged ringleader.
Authorities seized cocaine and detained two further suspects in the investigation launched in 2025, including the alleged ringleader of the network.
Portugal's Public Security Police (PSP) detained three people at Lisbon Airport; two of the suspects were being sought under international warrants or alerts.
