Portuguese doctors allegedly involved in online scheme selling Covid Digital Certificates
An investigation by tabloid Correio da Manhã has revealed that Portuguese doctors appear to be involved in an online scheme selling Covid Digital Certificates. The ‘business’ is done over Telegram
Airlifting of 20 Portuguese citizens out of Kabul successfully concluded
20 Portuguese citizens who have been working in Afghanistan have been successfully airlifted out of the country, confirmed the ministry of foreign affairs today. The group had been variously employed
Ryanair hostess exposes outbreak of Covid-19 at Porto base
Portuguese media today is reporting on an alleged air hostess, employed by Ryanair, complaining that there is an outbreak of Covid-19 among coworkers at the airline’s Porto base, and that
New swoop on Costa Vicentina ‘wild camping’ sees dozens fined
The latest swoop by authorities on ‘wild campers’ in beachside hideaways within the protected Costa Vicentina resulted in dozens of people receiving fines last Saturday. Authorities concentrated this time on
Minister appeals to all animal refuges: “ask for help because you never know what will happen during wildfires”
In the wake of the eastern Algarve wildfire horror last week in which 14 animals burnt to death, environment minister João Pedro Matos Fernandes has made a special appeal. He
“Unfavourable meteorological cocktail” raises Portugal’s fire risk to point of ‘zero tolerance’
With 80 Portuguese municipalities in 11 districts at ‘maximum risk of fire’ this week, Civil Protection is warning of an unfavourable meteorological cocktail that requires a ‘zero tolerance’ policy with
Number of public sector workers close to “highest of all time”
In the close-on six years of Socialist rule, Portugal’s tally for public sector workers has increased to practically the highest of all time (registered in another era of PS Socialism
PCP’s Avante festival will not be restricting entry to fully-vaccinated
For the time being, Expresso reports the Avante! Festival, held annually in Seixal at the beginning of September by the PCP (communist party), will not be restricting entry to people
Immigrant “beats girlfriend to death in Lisbon hostel”
A 21-year-old immigrant (nationality unexplained) has been arrested on suspicion of having killed his girlfriend in an incident of domestic violence in a hostel in Arroios, Lisbon on Saturday afternoon.
Shared housing scheme has already taken 300 homeless people off Portugal’s streets
A government programme to rehome Portugal’s homeless has already taken 300 rough-sleepers off the streets, and aims to accommodate a further 1,100 before the end of the year. The ‘national