Parents of toddlers call for fewer Covid restrictions – and less coercion – in Portugal’s crèches
The pressure has been building for weeks now. Parents of toddlers in the nation’s crèches are desperate to see their children ‘free to play again’. At a point when everyday
Partial strike closes Lisbon Metro through rush-hour
Yet another ‘strike’, this time by FECTRANS, the federation of syndicates of transports and communications, saw Lisbon’s busy Metro badly affected during rush out. The ‘partial strike’ saw operatives ‘down
Covid incidence and transmission ‘creeping upwards’
Incidence and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 are relentlessly creeping upwards, despite numbers in hospital and numbers actually dying remaining for the time being low. This is a reality about which authorities
Environment minister ‘pessimistic’ over likely impact of COP-26 – “the most important climate change conference of them all”
Days before most of the world’s leaders meet in Glasgow for COP 26, Portugal’s environment minister João Pedro Matos Fernandes has said he is “not very optimistic” that it will
OE2022: Government accuses left-bloc of “intransigence”: left-bloc accuses government of bad faith
The unseemly squabbling over the contents of the next State Budget escalated over the weekend with various ministers giving a joint press conference in which they accused the left-bloc (of
Over 120,000 Portuguese have already received 3rd Covid jab
Up till today, 123,000 Portuguese have already received their 3rd dose of Covid vaccines as authorities try and face the winter months with the most vulnerable citizens as ‘protected’ as
Armed Forces join gathering storm of sectors scheduling street protests
Officials of the Armed Forces have joined the gathering storm of sectors scheduling street protests as the government is still no closer to ‘securing’ the 2022 State Budget. Following on
General Medical Council “available for independent evaluation” of former banker ‘on trial’ but compromised by Alzheimer’s
In the most diplomatic of terms, the neurological college of Portugal’s general medical council (Ordem dos Médicos) has said that it is available for an independent evaluation to determine whether
“The hillsides are ours!” Over 1,500 people demonstrate against government plans to green-light lithium mining in northern Portugal
Over 1,500 people – backed by the mayors of five municipalities (four of them PS Socialists) took to the streets of Viana do Castelo this morning to show the strength
State Budget crisis: ‘Employers declare war on government’
This is one of the headlines in today’s popular press as negotiations ostensibly aimed at ‘saving’ Portugal’s 2022 State Budget appear to be going right to the wire. Employers confederations