MEO Sudoeste forced to cancel this year’s festival
Organisers held out until ‘the last minute’ but they have been forced to scrap plans for this year’s MEO Sudoeste festival to have been held in August near Zambujeira do
Joe Berardo ‘freed’ on €5 million bail
Twice-decorated art empresario Joe Berardo has been finally ‘freed on bail’ after three nights in PJ police custody, but he has to put up €5 million to ensure his continued
Experts insist Portugal’s ‘risk matrix’ is “obsolete, completely useless and misleading”
Experts in Portugal are starting to sound the alert once again. On a day when another 2,436 positive cases of the new coronavirus have been identified – the vast majority
Vaccilating vaccine-thinking throws up new challenges
Johnson & Johnson jabs may not protect sufficiently against Delta variant; recovered vulnerable may need more than ‘one shot’ and Brits jabbed with Indian Astra may not be allowed into
Portugal’s nurses sound alert: 20,000 more are needed
Nurses have sounded the alert. They say the profession needs another 20,000 vacancies to be opened. As municipalities in the Algarve call for nurses’ leave to take holidays this summer
Portugal receives first ‘cheque’ from EU’s bazooka
Portugal has received its first ‘cheque’ as a result of the EU’s multi-billion funding ‘bazooka’ for post-pandemic recovery. It came to €5.4 million and is headed for Madeira. Another €200
General Medical Council calls for State support for antigen tests to be extended to the fully-vaccinated
Portugal’s Ordem dos Médicos (General Medical Council) is calling on the government to extend State support recently announced for people taking antigen tests to be extended to the fully-vaccinated, on
Government prohibits cuts to essential services till October 1
With effectively four million people now caught up in the nighttime curfews and new restrictions imposed by the Council of Ministers yesterday, the government has extended its moratorium on cuts
Government support for businesses continues through to August
In light of the new restrictions brought in by yesterday’s Council of Ministers (click here), minister of work Ana Mendes Godinho has stressed that government support for businesses in the
Porto study shows ‘women fall more than men’
A study by Porto’s Faculty of Medicine has shown that the risk of falling in women is double that than it is for men. The research also shows that neurological