Portugal’s political crisis: business leaders meet with President; seek urgent meeting with PM
Today was the day business leaders met with President Marcelo, as a consequence of their ‘war’ declared last week with the government (click here). The meeting was planned days before
Missing art works impounded by Portuguese Justice ‘sold at auction’ by fugitive former banker
€229,000 (see update below): that is how much fugitive former banker João Rendeiro appears to have made by selling works of art from his mansion home, in spite of the
Controversial judge handed ‘instruction phase’ for BES trial
Judge Ivo Rosa – the judge who caused an uproar by decimating the Public Ministry’s Marquês investigation (click here) in the so-called instruction phase, has been handed the BES dossier
Consumption of nitrous oxide in Portugal: ‘no laughing matter’
Authorities are waking up to the black market pedaling nitrous oxide in Portugal: better known as laughing gas, and a substance that is suddenly very much in fashion for recreational
Brussels sounds alert over European bazooka: “there will be no payments unless targets are met”
Within less than a day of the government’s budgetary disaster, Brussels has sounded the alert. January is meant to see the next tranche (€1.3 billion) of resilience and recovery funding
Covid-19: Government extends State of Alert to November 30
Portugal’s government – albeit in technical limbo – has extended the State of Alert the country is in due to the “increase in incidence” of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Notwithstanding – and
5G: Portugal’s auction finally over, market expands to six operators: “prices will fall”
With Portugal’s 5G auction finally over, the results are that the market has been expanded from three to six operators, competition has increased and prices will fall. This is the
Covid outbreak in old people’s home days after residents receive 3rd Covid vaccine
An outbreak of Covid-19 has been detected in Leiria’s Nossa Senhora da Encarnação old people’s home five days after residents had received their 3rd dose of Covid vaccine. Roughly 39
Parents finally given green-light to accompany tots into creches
Following pressure from all sides, the DGS health authority has finally updated its Covid rules to allow parents and carers to accompany small children in and out of crèches. Even
Strikes, strikes, strikes… November pitted by industrial action across multiple sectors
The ‘good news’ is that pharmacists have called off their strike ‘at the 11th hour’. It was due to have started today and run through to next Tuesday. But the