Isabel dos Santos loses bid to unfreeze Portuguese assets
Former first daughter of Angola, Isabel dos Santos – the key figure in the Luanda Leaks scandal (click here) – has lost her latest bid to get assets frozen in
WHO sounds new alert: “international travel should be avoided”…
Adding to painfully confusing mixed-messaging from different ‘authorities’ at the helm of response to Covid-19, the World Health Organisation has issued a new alert, saying ‘international travel should be avoided’.
NOS Alive festival cancelled for another year
In spite of the ‘test events’ promoted by the government with a view to allowing concerts in Portugal under ‘Covid-safe’ guidelines, organisers of NOS Alive have announced that the 2021
PJ police search laboratories in Algarve and Porto over suspicions of false covid-testing racket
PJ police have mounted an operation in the Algarve and Porto today, investigating suspicions of a ‘false Covid test’ racket operating within the football sector. Says a statement put out
Criminal case opens after 70 children suffer food poisoning in Beja
Health and Safety authority ASAE has opened a criminal case in Beja after 70 children needed treatment in hospital for food poisoning. A number of sub-standard food products and 240
Schools close thanks to public sector workers strike
A number of schools in the country are closed today thanks to a one-day strike called by the common front of (public sector worker) syndicates. The union is is calling
Ombudsman appeals for authorities to work together as businesses wait months for State’s ‘extraordinary support’
Portuguese Ombudsman Maria Lúcia Amaral is appealing for authorities to work together as it becomes clear that many businesses are waiting months for ‘extraordinary support’ promised by the State. The
Portuguese company to transform insects into animal feed and organic fertilizer
Portuguese company Entogreen is poised to start transforming the ubiquitous ‘black soldier fly’ into animal feed and organic fertilizers. It’s a €10 million investment that sets out to reduce dependency
Portugal tests ‘robotic spinal surgery’
Portugal is testing a form of robotic spinal surgery. The technique is in ‘the experimental phase’, explains SIC. A simulation has taken place in Coimbra today. Says the TV news
Odemira parish of São Teotónio wins its freedom through the courts
An example of citizens fighting back (with just cause, and winning) came today as the Supreme Administrative Tribunal granted the embattled Odemira parish of São Teotónio the right to ‘advance




