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The ministry of doctors without families

31/03/2025

In Portugal, more than 1.5 million patients registered on the National Health Service have no GP. But, in the last decade, the number of specialists trained in general and family medicine has increased. If this is so, why is there a shortage of doctors in primary care?

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The fire capital of the EU

14/03/2025

Portugal burns more than any other country in the European Union, and the leading cause is arson—the act of starting a fire with the intention of causing harm. A reality that policymakers refuse to see.

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Sonneberg: from the capital of toys to capital of the far right

18/02/2025

Germany votes in February, and Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party, is second in the polls. We went to Sonneberg, where the party has been in power since 2023, and where words and acts deemed unacceptable since the fall of Nazism are making a comeback.

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