Red panda – one of world’s endangered species – born at Lisbon zoo
A delightful red panda has been born at Lisbon zoo. The zoo made the announcement this week, but the little creature is now six months old and ready to ‘meet
3rd dose boosters will be limited to Moderna or Pfizer (no matter what jab people received initially)
According to an updated rule by Portugal’s DGS health authority, anyone over the age of 65 receiving a 3rd dose booster of the Covid-19 jab will be offered one of
Lisbon Metro closed for another 24-hours due to strike action
Lisbon’s Metro network is closed yet again today due to strike action. FECTRANS, the federation of transport syndicates, has asked for the public’s understanding. Huge queues were in evidence during
Healthcare workers to receive 3rd booster jabs ‘very soon’: firefighters want them too
With healthcare workers – many of whom were vaccinated against Covid-19 well over six months ago – now assured of 3rd booster jabs, firefighters have said they want them too.
ECB boss says inflation will be moderate in 2022
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde was in Lisbon yesterday, on the request of President Marcelo (click here) and brought ‘good news’: a rise in interest rates
Wife of fugitive banker spends night in jail
Maria de Jesus Rendeiro has spent the night in Tires women’s prison ahead of further questioning by Judge Tânia Loureiro Gomes today, at Lisbon Campus de Justiça. The sorry tale
Council of State greenlights early elections: President to address nation at 8pm
Yesterday’s Council of State concluded that the option of early elections in January is the ‘best’ (or least bad) to try and resolve Portugal’s political crisis. It was not a
Portugal is “the place to be this winter” and “best country to live and invest”
National media may be focusing with gloom on Portugal’s political crisis right now, but the wider world is looking at the bigger picture – which is a little country that
European health commissioner refers to “pandemic of unvaccinated; boss of Portugal’s General Medical Council suggests otherwise
European health commissioner Stella Kyriakides is in the Portuguese tabloid press today, lamenting what she calls “the pandemic of the unvaccinated”. It is a direct lift from a similar phrase
President convenes Council of State to discuss dissolution of parliament
Today is the day President Marcelo has set aside for a Council of State to discuss the dissolution of parliament. But it is also the day he will be holding