Historic centre of Lisbon is where Covid is ‘spreading most’
The historic centre of Lisbon is where the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 has increased most in Portugal in recent days. According to Público this morning, these neighbourhoods (Alfama, Castelo,
Group of Portuguese investors buys Vilamoura World from US fund Lone Star
Vilamoura World purchased for a purported €200 million by US equity fund Lone Star almost six years ago has now changed hands again (Correio da Manhã has put the value
More than 1,400 Portuguese to take part in clinical trials for ‘innovative’ Covid remedies
Infarmed has authorised six clinical trials for ‘innovative medication against Covid-19”. The new remedies have been devised by three pharmaceutical companies and three ‘academic promoters’. A total of 1,400 Portuguese
Chega’s André Ventura condemned for calling family “bandits”
Lisbon’s Local Civil Court has condemned right-wing MP André Ventura for calling a family from the ‘Bairro do Jamaica’ bandits during the presidential election campaign. If he doesn’t make a
High level summit for economic recovery
Finance minister João Leão has announced Portugal will be receiving a “high level summit on plans for economic recovery” on June 28, two days shy of the end of Portugal’s
Platform available for Covid auto-test results
People who purchase self-test kits for Covid-19 and find these give them either a positive or inconclusive result now have an online platform over which they should communicate these results.
Portugal creeps into ‘yellow zone’: hospital numbers increase
Portugal is creeping into the yellow zone of the risk matrix when it comes to transmissibility and case numbers. With admissions into hospital increasing, the news from authorities today is
Strike by border guards threatens to “ruin Portugal’s summer”
A strike called by borders agency SEF is threatening to ruin Portugal’s summer. This is the interpretation of the recovering tourism sector as well as council chiefs in the Algarve.
Trial begins into who can be blamed for Pedrógão Grande’s horrific deaths and hundreds of injured
Almost four years since wildfires of biblical proportions consumed the lives, health and livelihoods of so many Portuguese citizens in and around Pedrógão Grande, a trial to apportion blame has
Algarve is ‘cheapest holiday destination in Eurozone’
Not only is Portugal one of the few ‘popular tourist destinations’ open to travel-restricted Brits, it is among the cheapest in the eurozone. In fact, the region of the Algarve