Portugal’s PM released from prophylactic isolation
Prime minister António Costa has been ‘released’ from prophylactic isolation after five days. Even though he has been double-jabbed with a Covid-19 vaccination, he was forced to cancel all his
Madeira announces it will start vaccinating children as it opens doors to travellers inoculated “with any vaccine in the world”
The regional government of Madeira has made two new announcements today with regard to the pandemic. The first is that children aged 12 and over will start being vaccinated ahead
Ministerial car involved in fatal accident “belonged to a drug dealer”
News today is that the ministerial car that mowed down and killed roadworker Nuno Santos on the A6 last month doesn’t even belong to the government. It is the subject
Hundreds of flamingos hatch in Algarve – a first for Portugal
Hundreds of flamingos have hatched in the Algarve “for the first time in Portugal” – and it may be thanks to the pandemic. Explain conservationists, the ‘reduction in human pressure’
Portugal’s plan to ‘thwart spread of Delta’ includes vaccinating 850,000 people per week
Portugal’s plan to thwart the worst effects of the spread of the Delta variant is to accelerate numbers being vaccinated. The objective is to vaccinate up to 140,000 people per
Five armed GNR agents remove child from mother over refusal to wear mask at school
Five armed GNR agents stormed the house of a mother whose 12-year-old daughter has been missing school because she doesn’t like wearing a face-mask. Paula Pinto has been described in
“Worsening” Covid situation in Algarve doesn’t put people off going to beaches
In spite of all the headlines warning of ‘worsening epidemiological situations’ in various areas of Portugal – not least the Algarve – the truth is nationals are not going to
Health chiefs decide Portugal’s mums-to-be can be vaccinated against Covid-19 towards end of 2nd trimester
Mums-to-be in Portugal can be vaccinated against Covid-19 from 21 weeks into their pregnancies. This is the latest guidance coming out of Portugal’s DGS health authority which balances it up
Finance minister says ‘uncertainty in tourism’ is being compensated by other sectors
Finance minister João Leão has said this week that the “uncertainty associated with tourism is being compensated by other sectors of the national economy that are showing better results than
Gulbenkian ‘art broker’ pleads guilty to million-euro pumpkin theft. Sentencing due on July 28
The extraordinary story of Angela Gulbenkian – a self-styled ‘art world heiress’ whose last name came from being married to Portuguese sports agent Duarte Gulbenkian – has taken another extraordinary