A large police contingent is currently mobilized and prepared for potential intervention in the Rossio area of Lisbon.
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Hundreds of PSP police and GNR guards held a national protest in Lisbon on Thursday, 29 October, to demand salary increases, career revisions, and better working conditions. Representatives from the ASPP and APG unions are delivering a document of demands to the Prime Minister, citing a lack of concrete proposals from the government during current negotiations.
Less than 24 hours after police dismantled a housing protest encampment in Lisbon, protesters returned to Rossio to continue demonstrations for housing rights, announcing on social media that they will not give up.
The Civil Protection authority has implemented preventive measures in Leiria in anticipation of an approaching storm. Nineteen units are prepared to respond to potential incidents.