Stories from Lisbon · Portugal

The Socialist Party (PS) described the incident as an attack on press freedom. The commission is demanding that Minister Leitão Amaro take responsibility for the matter. The allegations follow a report made by the commission on Monday.

The defense argues the cases are linked because the alleged crimes occurred during the same time period. Furthermore, the defense claims the evidence across different processes is identical as it was obtained in the same manner despite involving different entities.

Prosecutors in Portugal are seeking the annulment of an environmental impact statement. The specific project affected was not named. The move comes amid reports that dozens of panels were closed within a single year on an scale.

The Portuguese Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade will award €110 million in support to Savannah Resources. The British company intends to explore lithium in the region. This investment is aimed at supporting the transition to carbon neutrality.

Portuguese President Antonio Jose Seguro approved a decree that increases the legal residency requirement for citizenship from 5 years to 10 years. The new regulation also eliminates the automatic granting of citizenship to children of immigrants born in the country.

The Portuguese Internal Administration is developing a new critical communications system to improve network resilience. The system aims to provide telecommunications antennas with enough autonomy to resist blackouts for 24 hours. It also includes a feature allowing mobile phones to automatically connect to an alternative functioning network in the event of a primary network failure. Officials stated that if necessary, resources will be relocated to specific regions and zones. This initiative includes a new emergency communications system intended to replace the existing CIRESPE system. Jorge Silva of the Portuguese Association of Security and Civil Protection Technicians told Antena 1 that the new system will only be fully operational in 15 years. Silva noted that a decade and a half is a realistic timeframe due to high costs involved.

The Ministry of Internal Administration has received 33 recommendations presented to the government. Minister Luís Neves is involved in the process regarding these administrative decisions.

A report presented this afternoon concluded that the system intended to replace CIRESPE could take over 10 years to become operational if implemented. The working group proposes that each CIRESPE base station should have 24-hour autonomy.

The Public Security Police (PSP) has begun an internal purge following allegations of torture within Lisbon police stations. The institution itself reportedly initiated the investigation to address the situation.

Interior Administration Minister Luís Neves promised a robust reinforcement of the Ciresp system to improve emergency response capabilities. Neves stated the system failed in four or five specific situations previously identified.