Paris to honour Portugal’s wartime ‘hero consul’ Aristides de Sousa Mendes
“Thousands of people, many of them Parisiens and their families owe their lives to the consul. We are following other cities that have honoured him”. Parisien councillor Hermano Sanches Ruivo
Covid vaccinations for children from age of 5-11: EMA to pronounce on Wednesday
Following yesterday’s meeting of experts at Infarmed, the prospect of Portugal rolling out Covid vaccines in children is looking increasingly likely. SIC television news today refers to experts seeing this
PAN in spotlight as spokesperson exposed for allegedly intensive farming practices
In the run-up to Portugal’s legislative elections in January, minority party PAN (Peoples Animals Nature) is suddenly in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Official spokesperson Inês Sousa Real
Operation Myriad morphs from ‘a few dirty Portuguese Commandos’ to €27 million money-laundering machine
Bit by bit the full filthy truth about Operation Myriad is seeping out and gathering up ‘arguidos’ (official suspects). The notion that this was a scheme cooked up by a
Portugal to see three new “very different” wind energy projects north of Nazaré
Portugal is poised to see three new “very different” wind energy projects installed offshore north of Nazaré. Minister for the environment and climate action João Pedro Matos Fernandes explained the
PM Costa “indifferent” to protest against lithium in Covilhã
A group of protestors against lithium mining in the Serra da Argemela travelled to Covilhã last night in order to catch the attention of prime minister António Costa, visiting the
Highest Covid death tally recorded since August
Portugal today has registered 15 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24-hours. It is the highest daily tally since August 26, and comes on the back of rising numbers in
Paraglider missing at sea; four friends drown in shipwreck
The weekend has seen two tragedies at sea: one involving a group of friends setting out for a day’s fishing near Figueira da Foz, the other a paraglider for whom
Health minister won’t rule out future lockdown as Portugal’s Covid case numbers hit new record
Health minister Marta Temido is today being reported “not be be ruling out a new confinement” as a 5th wave of the pandemic seems to be washing into the country
Cancer-linked chemical to be used on Aljezur riverbanks: citizens “very unhappy”
A meeting on Thursday night broke up in Aljezur with the citizens who pushed for it less than reassured. They had requested the session after learning that the Câmara plans