Portugal Situation Report Wednesday 1st June 2022
Good morning – Firstly I will start with a reminder and that is concerning our forthcoming seminar: Domestic violence – A Cross Cultural Focus”. The aim of the seminar is to create greater awareness in recognising the signs and handling of domestic violence cases across different cultures. For those who deal with migrants and/or groups where cultures, language and customs maybe very different to that in Portugal, understanding their needs as victims of domestic violence and related abuse is essential.
The venue will be the lovely historic Palácio Gama Lobo, Rua de Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 8100-557, Loulé on Thursday 9th June from 16.00 to 18.00 hrs.
We are privileged to have Dr. Vitor Aleixo, Sr. Presidente da Câmara de Loulé who will give an opening address as well as a range of speakers who have considerable local, national and/or international experience in their respective fields. Please welcome those who can attend.
Regretfully domestic violence represents the highest number of reported crimes in Portugal, so it is important to know how to recognise the signs at an early state and obtain professional help.
Newsletter – You may not be aware that on average every two weeks Safe Communities Portugal publishes a newsletter, which contains key information concerning safety and security issues, including topics such as beach safety, rural fire risks cyber security, and road safety etc. – all those bits of advice, which if followed, helps in contributing to a high quality of life here in Portugal. Like all our services this is free of charge and to be added to the list simply email newsletter@safecommunitiesportugal.com.
Last week the crime figures for Portugal for 2021 were published by Government. There is plenty of good news here showing a continuous decrease in violent and serious crime over the last 10 years. We are lucky in Portugal in living in one of the safest countries in the world, so it is important we all do our best to keep it that way. You may not be aware that Portugal is currently the 4th most peaceful country in the world according the Global Peace Index. An analysis of the 2021 crime figures can be read in the Safe Communities feature in this week’s Algarve Resident newspaper due out tomorrow.
We seem to be in a period of rail strikes, with more expected. Comboios de Portugal gave a warning this Monday, to all users, as it foresees disruptions “in all services” between 3rd and 30th June 2022. It stated “We inform you that, due to a strike, possible disruptions are expected in all services, between the 3rd and 30th of June 2022, namely delays and cancellation of trains”, according to a notice published on the company’s official website. We recommend if your journey is essential, for instance travelling for a flight departure, that you check with CP the situation beforehand. This can be done through their website here:
https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/pt
Remember also that there have been partial strikes on the Lisbon and Porto metro systems usually from 0500 to 0900 hrs.