This week, Portugal's National Republican Guard (GNR) police force have begun carrying out an operation to raise awareness among the school community and to carry out checks at land borders regarding students travels during the Spring Break.

The PSP arrested a man in Portimão on Wednesday, for possession of a prohibited weapon, following a call alerting police that the man was allegedly wielding a knife.

The PSP have launched an alert on social media about a fraud scheme related to the purchase and sale of cars, on online platforms. This scheme, which has been gaining ground, is based on the cloning of legitimate vehicle sales advertisements.

This was Portugal’s most hotly contested legislative election since the ‘Carnation Revolution’ 50 years ago. The outcome has been a slim victory for the centre-right Democratic Alliance over the incumbent centre-left Socialist Party. Both of the main centrist parties will likely jockey with small parties to gain the most seats in parliament, but the far-right made such gains to finish third that it will provide much stronger opposition than ever before. 

The vice-president of the Portuguese Environment Agency has praised the agricultural and golf sectors in the Algarve for using around three times less water than required by the Government, this February compared to last February.

According to the IPMA, all but 3 districts In Portugal are under yellow warning due to precipitation from Wednesday night until Sunday morning.

The PSP have arrested a 39 year old man in Portimão, after receiving information that a citizen was being forced to hand over 1000 euros for his residence permit, which had been sent to the wrong address by mistake.