Portugal to green-light Chinese and Indian vaccines
Good news at last for the five million Brits barred from holidaying in Portugal because they have been fully-jabbed with the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India: Portuguese authorities have agreed
Appeal court confirms ‘no-one responsible’ for construction tragedy that killed five men
The public ministry’s long hard fight to see blame apportioned for a construction tragedy in Setúbal nine years ago (click here) has ended with Évora appeal court ruling no-one was
First €2.2 billion of long-awaited ‘European bazooka’ finally arrives
Portugal has today received the first tranche of long-awaited European ‘bazooka’ funding, to go on the PRR (plan for resilience and recovery) “NextGenerationEU” package. Belgium and Luxembourg have also received
Brussels continues to ‘distrust’ TAP restructuring plan
The agonising wait for European funds to buoy-up national airline TAP continues this week as Brussels has said it really isn’t convinced that the government’s restructuring programme is viable. The
Portugal is 5th best country to live comfortably in retirement … for wealthy foreigners
A US ranking has put Portugal in 5th place for ‘the Best Countries to Comfortably Retire’ to … as long of course as people are foreign and on healthy pensions.
Order of Dentists sounds alert over pandemic’s toll on oral hygiene
Portugal’s Order of Dentists has sounded the alert over the toll the pandemic is having on people’s attention to oral hygiene. Initially people were terrified of the thought of contagion
DGS shortens time span between administration of Pfizer doses
A new rule, published today on the DGS health authority site is that the time span between first and second shots of the Pfizer vaccine has been reduced from 28
Portugal’s big five banks declare profits of over €700 million for first half of 2021
Portugal’s five principal banks have registered a combined profit for the first half of 2021 of €708.4 million, which one newspaper calculates as an average of €3.8 million a day.
PSP chief caught on camera kicking train passenger in genitals
A female PSP police chief has been caught on camera kicking a train passenger in the genitals. The passenger was travelling on the Sintra line without a valid ticket. Even
Divorces and house purchase deeds to move online
From November 15 it should be possible to sign a divorce agreement, a house purchase, or even witness legal inheritance declarations via videoconference. The move sets out to avoid the