“Maddie: Enough of the Lies”: Gonçalo Amaral launches new book
Former PJ coordinator Gonçalo Amaral, the man hounded by the British press for his ‘inconvenient theory’ over what really happened to Madeleine McCann has finally written a new book –
President Marcelo calls time on unseemly political battle involving Covid vaccinations hero
President Marcelo has shown exactly where his powers lie after an unseemly political battle blew up ‘out of nowhere’ at the very moment that Portugal’s vaccinations task force ‘hero’ vice
Convicted BPP banker affirms he is “not coming back”
After years eluding Portuguese justice by lodging appeals, former president of BPP bank João Rendeiro has now sought to do it the ‘old fashioned way’ by simply disappearing. In his
Expo Dubai: “an enormous opportunity for Portugal’s image”
Opening on Friday, after a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, is Expo Dubai in which Portugal has invested €21 million in a sumptuous pavilion, constructed in the form of
BPP bankers already facing jail receive new ‘effective’ jail terms
Three former BPP bankers, including ex-president João Rendeiro, have received new ‘effective’ jail terms for defrauding a former Portuguese ambassador (see update below). The trio have up till now eluded
Mission accomplished: Covid vaccination Task Force disbands as over 84% of country fully-jabbed
Vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo – the man an article in the Financial Times has described as the ‘quiet hero of Portugal’s fight against Covid-19’ – stepped down today from
Pioneering Botton-Champalimaud Centre for Pancreatic Cancer officially opens in Lisbon
The promise of an advance, finally, in the treatment and combat of one of the world’s most lethal forms of cancer solidified yesterday with the inauguration of the riverside Botton-Champalimaud
Portuguese specialist in favour of vaccinating children against Covid-19 “has contract with Pfizer”
A second Portuguese medical expert in favour of vaccinating children against Covid-19 has been found to be on the Pfizer payroll. Sábado writes that pediatrician and associate professor in infectious
Swiss tipped to join Sines €1.8 billion green hydrogen project
Axpo Group, Switzerland’s largest producer and distributor of electricity from renewable sources, has its eyes “fixed on the Iberian Peninsula and is already pushing for a green hydrogen project in
Palmela’s Autoeuropa hit by new stoppage due to lack of components
The global lack of semiconductor chips has led to a new production stoppage at Palmela’s Autoeuropa car assembly plant. Following a three-day hiatus, the centre that produces vehicles for Volkswagen