Hoteliers fed up with time taken for approval of Indian AstraZeneca jab
Portugal’s hoteliers association AHP has spoken out against the “unacceptable delay” in authorisation of the AstraZeneca Covid jab manufactured in India. Roughly 5,000 Brits received the jab (unaware at the
“Bring your children for vaccination”: vice admiral Gouveia e Melo in new appeal
Vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, coordinator of Portugal’s vaccine task force, is renewing his appeal to parents: “bring your children for vaccination. If they are not vaccinated it could create
Former president Jorge Sampaio ‘continues stable in hospital’
Former President of the Republic Jorge Sampaio remains stable in hospital in Lisbon today, after being airlifted from the Algarve last week with breathing difficulties (click here). His office has
Afghan refugee mounts hunger strike in absence of response from government
Nasir Ahmad, the Afghan refugee living in Porto who has appealed to the government for help to bring his mother and sister here to live with him (click here), is
Maddie suspect: defence believes German police trying to force confession
With the Maddie mystery being resuscitated by newspapers once again, news from Germany is that ‘principal suspect’ Christian Brückner has been moved from the jail where he had been suffering
PSP detain 12 armed men barricaded onto Lisbon terrace
PSP police have today arrested 12 armed men discovered barricaded onto a terrace in a Lisbon neighbourhood wearing bullet-proof vests. For now the ‘social neighbourhood’ hasn’t been specified. The men
New hiking tragedy in Madeira
In a summer marked by tragedy, another tourist has fallen to his death in Madeira. This time it was a Swiss national out walking along the famous ‘levadas’ tramped by
Constitutional court vetoes ‘Cybercrime law’
Portugal’s Constitutional Court has thrown out the ‘Cybercrime law’ that would have allowed authorities access to people’s private emails/ electronic communications without authorisation from a judge. The law “which transposes
Hydroelectric power ‘draining Tejo river: putting ecosystems at serious risk, not to mention livelihoods’
The ‘wonders of hydroelectric power’ are coming home to roost along the Tejo river, affecting both sides of the border. Authorities in Spain and Portugal are decrying what they describe
SIC outlines ‘political decisions that lie ahead’ over possibility of step back in Portugal’s deconfinement
Following a pithy editorial in Correio da Manhã last week (click here), SIC television news has run with the news that Portugal may not be able to reopen as planned