Portugal’s Calamity continues: Lisbon back in lockdown; Albufeira takes step back
Portugal’s State of Calamity continues today with the Council of Ministers deciding new restrictions, battening municipalities down, locking millions of citizens into the Greater Lisbon area for another scorcher of
Parliamentary leader encourages Portuguese to ‘flock en-masse’ to Seville to watch Portugal v Belgium game…
Social media has exploded with ‘righteous indignation’ today over comments made by parliamentary leader Ferro Rodrigues after last night’s Euro championship game in which Portugal went forwards to the semi-finals,
New blow to holiday confidence as PM admits “if European Council” votes to ban Brits, we will comply”
Just when anyone might think they had seen it all, Portugal’s PM has told reporters that if the European Council backs Angela Merkel’s ‘demand’ to ban Brits from quarantine-free travel
Crisis provoked by pandemic plunges another 400,000 Portuguese into poverty
The crisis provoked by the pandemic has plunged a further 400,000 Portuguese into poverty. This is the bottom line of a study published this week by the Catholic University –
Further upset as Angela Merkel ‘demands’ that all Britons arriving in EU’ go into quarantine
There is further upset in the tourism and hospitality sector today following news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is ‘demanding’ that all EU countries enforce quarantine on any arriving Brits.
Portugal criticised for ‘opening doors to Delta variant’
As weeks in Portugal’s fight against the pandemic go, this has been a bad one. Faced with an increasing number of new cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the Greater Lisbon area,
Portugal condemns Hungary’s anti-LGBTIQ law, but stops short of signing declaration
Portugal has condemned the new anti-LGBTIQ law passed in Hungary – banning “the display and promotion of homosexuality” among under 18s – but it has stopped short of signing a
Vaccinations for over-18s to begin on July 4
Vaccinations against Covid-19 for citizens in Portugal over the age of 18 will begin on July 4. Talking to the parliamentary health commission today, vaccine task force coordinator Henrique Gouveia
Covid bulletin flags almost 1,500 new cases in 24-hours
Three deaths (two in people over the age of 80) and 1,497 new cases – of which 964 were in the Lisbon/ Vale do Tejo Delta variant ‘black spot’. This
Portugal’s president hears of festivals and events sector’s “unfounded and discriminatory difficulties”
President Marcelo spent over an hour and a half yesterday listening to why representatives of Portugal’s festivals and events sector feel they have been unfairly discriminated against by a government