Foreigners living in Portugal discover authorities ‘don’t recognise their vaccines’
A number of foreigners living in Portugal have found authorities here are not recognising their vaccines because they were administered outside Europe. This has always been ‘understood’ in terms of
Free mass-testing drive operating in Lisbon
In spite of the fact that testing of asymptomatic people is not recommended by the World Health Organisation – on the basis that it is expensive and without data for
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon and Porto against Portugal’s continuing Covid restrictions
The main surprise about yesterday’s substantial, colourful, determined protests bringing together people of all ages was that neither seem to have been given anything in the way of publicity by
Farmers and producers can start registering damages from Monchique fire
Farmers and producers who suffered damages as a result of the fire that devastated 2,000 hectares in the municipalities of Monchique and Portimão yesterday (Saturday) can start reporting them to
Johannesburg consul “shocked” by Portuguese “disinterest” in South Africa’s latest wave of violence
Portuguese consul in Johannesburg Vasco Pinto de Abreu was in Lisbon this weekend to report on the situation involving the 200,000 or so Portuguese nationals caught up in South Africa’s
“Portuguese can holiday in Algarve in safety”, guarantees Secretary of State
The Catch-22 of clickbait headlines has finally put authorities ‘on the spot’ when it comes to the situation of Covid-19 in the Algarve. After last week’s ‘doom and gloom’ coming
Hundreds turn out to demonstrate against agro-industry’s monopoly on rapidly disappearing water
This morning at the normally quiet Alentejan beauty spot of Santa Clara Dam hundreds of people turned out in force to decry agro-industry’s monopoly on dwindling local water supplies. For
Government “advances with legislative proposal to review right to demonstrate”… or hold a meeting
Minister for Interior Administration Eduardo Cabrita has announced that the government “is advancing with a legislative proposal to submit to parliament to review the exercise of the right of assembly
232 firefighters, 9 planes and helicopters battle Monchique wildfire
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: 8pm Mayor Rui André has just posted one word on his Facebook page: “Dominated!” 7.15 am – With over 450 firefighters now involved the blaze is being
Thousands of passengers in limbo as Groundforce workers strike, causing ‘hundreds of cancellations’
Thousands of airline passengers have been left in limbo as the first few hours of a strike by Groundforce baggage-handlers saw the cancellation of over 180 flights. Indeed, the number