Portugal Newswatch
Reflections on current affairs in Portugal by journalist and author Len Port.
Friday, July 25, 2025
FOOTPRINTS FOUND OF AN ANCIENT HUMAN SPECIES
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New evidence has emerged of an ancient species of humans – Neanderthals – having lived in the Algarve about 78,000 years ago. So-called ‘mod...
Thursday, July 17, 2025
PORTUGAL URGED TO ACT ON ISRAEL SNIPER NAMED IN WAR CRIMES COMPLAINT
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The Hind Rajab Foundation.announced this week that “no safe haven” will be available for Dani Adega, an Israeli “sniper”, who was spotted ap...
Saturday, July 12, 2025
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK: DRUGS
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Another major Portuguese – Spanish operation against drug smugglers has this week resulted in 49 arrests and the seizure of seven tonnes of ...
Friday, July 4, 2025
DEATH OF FOOTBALL LEGEND
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The football world in Portugal, England and elsewhere is in shock at the news of superstar Diogo Jota’s sudden death. Diogo and his younge...
Thursday, July 3, 2025
IT’S HOT – AND GETTING HOTTER!
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The weather in Portugal at the beginning of July has not only been hot, but also a bit odd. Take Thursday morning, for example: the sky in t...
Saturday, June 28, 2025
PM CONFIDENT ABOUT FINANCES
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Portugal is now under pressure from both the European Union and President Trump to increase its defence spending, but Prime Minister Luís Mo...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
NATO MONEY MATTERS
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As representatives of the 32 member states of NATO gather for their annual conference in the Netherlands, one of the main topics on the agen...
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