Covid vaccine self-scheduling platform opens to over-18s from Sunday
The hugely popular Covid vaccine self-scheduling platform will be opening to the over-18s from Sunday (July 4). Vaccine task force coordinator has explained that the policy now is to move
Over 30 people evacuated from homes as massive sinkhole appears in Arcos de Valdevez
Over 30 people had to be evacuated from their homes on Sunday night after a massive sinkhole opened up in Arcos de Valdevez (on the northern border with Spanish Galicia).
New attack by killer whales off Portuguese coast leaves sailing boat adrift
A new ‘attack’ by killer whales left a sailing boat off the coast of Portugal needing to be towed into the nearest port for repairs. These strange incidents started being
Portugal closes down to unvaccinated Brits
As of today (Monday June 28) Portugal is closed to unvaccinated Brits. The decision has been published in this morning’s Diário da República in the form of a government dispatch
Portugal’s veterinary authority green-lights export of dog semen to Japan
Portugal’s veterinary authority DGAV has “established the necessary sanitary conditions for the exportation of Portuguese dog semen to Japan”. Explain reports, the semen will be used for artificial insemination –
Tragedy in São Miguel, Azores: victims still missing
Two women are still missing after the car they were in was swept up in racing flood waters during torrential rain on Friday. Civil Protection and other authorities have been
State ‘blanks’ widow and children of Portuguese man mown down and killed by ministerial car
No-one in government, nor the President of the Republic, have offered any kind of assistance to the widow and teenage daughters of the man whose life was lost when he
President Marcelo cancels controversial Euro ‘football jolly’ to Seville
President Marcelo has deftly defused any chance of further bad press after the faintly ridiculous encouragement given to ‘the Portuguese people’ by parliamentary leader Ferro Rodrigues this week to ‘flock
Portuguese tourism faces “millions of euros in losses” as cancellations ‘flood in’ following German ‘travel ban’
Portuguese tourism entities have described Germany’s decision to ‘red list’ Portugal for safe travel – albeit for just two weeks to start with – as a “drama”. Millions of euros-worth
German decision to refuse entry to vaccinated travellers highlights growing ‘inconsistencies’ of official Covid narrative
The decision by the German government last night to close entry of the country to anyone arriving from Portugal – and insist on two-weeks quarantine for all returning German nationals