Task force appeals to all those naturally ‘recovered’ from Covid to take up vaccine
Portugal’s vaccination task force is appealing to people who have had Covid-19 and recovered to turn up and receive the vaccine. “Only together will it be possible to beat this
Mother and child win battle for right not to be vaccinated against Covid-19
The exhausting battle waged by a mother and her 12-year-old daughter for the latter’s right not to be vaccinated against Covid-19 has finally ended, with the youngster free to pick
60% of Portugal’s discotheques ‘haven’t made it’
With the green-light given to the reopening of discotheques from next Friday (October 1), the harsh reality is that 60% of businesses haven’t survived the enforced closure of the last
If over-65s receive booster Covid jabs ‘it will be in December’
With decisions on whether or not to roll-out booster jabs for the over-65s expected any day now, prime minister António Costa has said if they are made, the vaccines will
PM Costa plots Portugal’s path to ‘freedom’ in new “State of Alert”
Prime Minister António Costa has this afternoon laid out the new ‘rules’ for Portugal’s return to relative freedom from Friday October 1. With the pandemic ‘under control’ and numbers showing
INE: Fall of Portugal’s economy 2020 “steeper than originally estimated”
The recession provoked by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 “was deeper than originally estimated”. Portugal’s statistics institute INE has published new data to show the country’s GDP fell by 8.4%,
15 passengers have nightmare ride as bus nose-dives off road into river bed
15 people on a bus travelling between Sacavém and Campo Grande in Camarate (near Lisbon) today had the fright of their lives when the vehicle careered off the road, and
Dame Paulo Rego reveals she has recovered from Covid, aged 86
With a heartwarming photo posted on Instagram Dame Paula Rego, arguably Portugal’s most famous and successful contemporary painter, has announced she has recovered from Covid-19. The image shows the 86-year-old
October 1, ‘Freedom Day’
October 1 has been given as the date Portugal relaxes pandemic restrictions on a massive scale. Gone will be most of the ‘obligations’ to conform to this or that rule
Complaints over Portugal’s current election campaign “almost double” those received in 2017
The national election commission (CNE) reports that it has already received ‘almost double’ the complaints related to the running of this campaign than it did during the last municipal elections