Portugal to shelter ‘internationally renowned’ Afghan girls and women’s orchestra
Portugal is about to receive another 101 female Afghan refugees – living up to its pledge to provide shelter to women and girls fleeing the Taliban regime (click here). These
Headless body of man discovered in Matosinhos
The body of a decapitated man has been found this morning in Matosinhos. The alert went out shortly after 10am. Investigators are still ‘on the ground’, in São Mamede de
Algarve hospitals desperately trying to hire nurses from Spain
The chronic lack of nurses within CHUA (the university hospital centre of the Algarve) has led to a new drive to (try and) attract nurses from neighbouring Spain. Nursing director
European Medicines Agency green-lights booster shots for all adults
European Medicines Agency (EMA) has today given the green light to Member States deciding for themselves whether to roll-out 3rd booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine in order to
Renewables power 62% of national consumption during first nine months of 2021
Renewable energy – in the form of wind and hydro-electricity – powered 61% of national consumption during the first nine months of this year, national energy network REN has announced.
Woman shot in head in Alcobaça
A young woman has been airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after being shot in the head near the Martingança-Gare station in the borough of Alcobaça, Leiria. PJ police
IMM creates Laço hub “to find solutions for metastatic breast cancer”
Survival rates for women treated for breast cancer run at around 85%, but once the cancer has metastasized chances of recovery plummet to 30%. This is the reason for the
Pre-school to become ‘compulsory’ as part of national strategy to combat poverty
Pre-school in Portugal is set to become compulsory as part of the national strategy to combat poverty 2021-2023. Explain reports, this effectively means that schooling will have to start at
Five homeless after restaurant ‘explodes’ in Madeira
Five people have been rendered homeless following an explosion in a residential area of Madeira that completely destroyed a family restaurant. For now the causes of the explosion are unclear.
Body of tourist discovered in hotel room in Porto
The body of a male ‘tourist’ (nationality unspecified) was found in a hotel room in the centre of Porto on Sunday afternoon, “presenting signs of violence”. The man may have