Algarve waterparks can finally reopen…
The government has released waterparks from four miserable weeks of enforced closure in the name of controlling the pandemic. As reports have explained, the waterparks never agreed with the decision
‘Suspended batch of Janssen’ vaccine reinstated
The suspended batch of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine is back on track today after investigation concluded that the ‘indeterminate number of people fainting’ in Mafra earlier this week could
Doctors and pharmacists tell Portuguese government: “it’s time to recover the right to live”
Doctors and pharmacists have put their names to an Open Letter initiative today declaring it is time to “recover the right to live”. They contend that government’s ‘extraordinary measures of
Mother whose child was “removed” by armed police for not wearing mask at school seeks retribution
“I am going to present a formal complaint against the school director, the Social Services employee (involved) and the judge that ordered my daughter to go and live with her
Portugal’s education minister hopes children get vaccinated against Covid-19 in time for next school year
With experts still warning there is no data to determine if benefits outweigh the risks of extending Covid vaccines to children, Portugal’s education minister Tiago Brandão Rodrigues appears to have
Second foreign tourist goes ‘missing without trace’ on island of Madeira
In a mystery that reads like a movie script a second foreign tourist has gone missing without trace on the island of Madeira. Experienced mountain trail runner Michal Kozek set
Council of Ministers extends no-go restaurants rules to 90 municipalities – 14 in Algarve
Just as predicted, today’s Council of Ministers far from reining in on unpopular measures introduced last week has extended them. There are now 90 municipalities in which restaurant interiors will
Confinement “without judicial decision” one of 50 ‘reforms’ suggested for Portuguese Constitution
A deep sense of unease has been rippling through social media since leader of the Opposition Rui Rio suggested that “the confinement or hospitalisation of a person with a serious
Vaccination “open house” policy suspended due to Janssen hiccup
Portugal’s vaccination ‘open house’ policy – allowing age groups that should already have been vaccinated to enter any health centre and ‘catch up’ with the programme – has been temporarily
Reopening of bars and discos “could stimulate young people to take up vaccine”
After so many months in which they have been shut, authorities appear ready to release bars and discotheques from their enforced idleness as a way of “stimulating young people to