Teens in holiday camp drown in dam in Santiago do Cacém
On the same day that a nine-year-old girl died after being swept up by a wave on Nazaré beach (click here), two teenage boys, aged 15 and 17 and described
Mother who dumped newborn in recycling bin in mid-winter to be ‘pardoned’ from nine year jail sentence
Sara Furtado, the young homeless woman who gave birth to a little boy after hiding her pregnancy – and then dumped the child stark naked in a recycling bin full
Forests/ country trails off limits through Portugal’s ‘scorcher’ of a weekend
With temperatures in many districts nudging 40ºC without a hint of any cooling breeze, the government has declared various exceptional measures for the weekend, including the prohibition of people ‘circulating’
Portugal’s vaccination roll-out “ahead of USA, UK and Israel”
After a slow start, various European countries (Portugal included) have caught up in race to get their populations vaccinated against Covid-19 A text in Expresso this week that still refers
Portuguese investigator admits “we can never reach point of herd immunity”
Portuguese investigator Pedro Esteves has brought television reporters up to date on scientific thinking elsewhere, stressing that herd immunity is indeed the ‘myth’ that the ‘father of the AstraZeneca vaccine’
Child swept to death on Nazaré beach in front of horrified family members
A nine-year-old child was swept to her death after being picked up by a freak wave on Nazaré beach early this morning. The little girl, described as French, was in
DJ nights in Lisbon encourage young people to get vaccinated
The Covid vaccination centres of Loures and Odivelas this weekend are being transformed into ‘parties’ after 10pm to encourage young people between the ages of 16-17 to turn up and
SEF strike at Portugal’s airports: ANA warns passengers ‘waiting times’ will increase
It is described as a ‘partial strike’, but borders agency SEF’s work to rule starting in all Portugal’s airports tomorrow is certain to cause upsets. ANA airports authority has already
Odemira’s migrant housing problems continue in spite of all government promises
Three months on from the days in which situations of modern-day slavery in Odemira’s agricultural explorations were on everybody’s lips, very little has changed. Situations of “unworthy habitation” continue; the
CR7 opts to demolish offending rooftop ‘marquise’
After all the fuss about his rooftop ‘marquise’ (click here), footballing phenomenon Cristiano Ronaldo is reported today to be ready to see the structure demolished. Explain reports, he was given