Almada
- Sep 13
Motorcyclist flees traffic stop after striking GNR officer in Costa da Caparica
A Portuguese GNR officer was hospitalized with limb injuries on Sunday after a lone motorcyclist refused to halt at a Fonte da Telha checkpoint and struck him during the escape.
- Aug 15
Hospital de Faro shows 16-hour emergency wait; Algarve health chief blames system errors
The SNS portal showed urgent patients at Hospital de Faro waiting nearly 16 hours on 15 August, but the head of ULS Algarve blamed Alert system errors for inflated figures and rejected the data as false.
- Aug 6
Lisbon's Ponte 25 de Abril marks 60 years with drone show and EUR 1.6M annual upkeep
The Ponte 25 de Abril, linking Lisbon and Almada across the Tagus, celebrates six decades on August 6, 2026, with a 500-drone show as Infraestruturas de Portugal defends its safety record after a Chega politician raised concerns.
- Jul 23
Toddler forgotten for 8 hours dies in daycare van in Almada; PJ investigates possible criminal negligence
An 18-month-old girl was found dead inside a daycare transport van in Almada, Portugal, on Thursday afternoon after being left unattended for roughly eight hours. Authorities have launched a criminal investigation, treating the case as more than negligence.
- Jul 3
Almada water network collapses under heat and tourism surge, leaving over 100,000 without supply
Extreme temperatures and a massive influx of beachgoers pushed water demand beyond what the municipality's wells could capture, triggering rotating outages across several parishes. Some residents have been without running water for more than 12 hours.
