CP launches summertime discounts: Lisbon – Porto for just €5; Lisbon – Algarve €4.50!
CP (Comboios Portugal) has just announced a summertime campaign of incredible discounts, including the fast-train service between Lisbon and Porto for just €5. Explain reports, there are dozens of deals,
Portugal’s GDP shows ‘greatest fall in Europe’
According to “a rapid estimate” by Eurostat, Portugal’s GDP has shown the greatest fall in Europe during the first three months of this year. Dropping by 5.4%, it is more
Portugal publishes list of names for ‘bazooka monitoring commission’
Eight university professors and a highly decorated electrical and computer engineer have been chosen to make up the national commission for the accompaniment of Portugal’s Plan for Recovery and Resilience.
Portuguese study points to reduction of antibodies three months after natural infection
The second phase of the national serologic inquiry has sounded the alert to the reduction of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 just three months after infection. Says INSA (the national health institute
PM hoists ‘rainbow flag’ to commemorate International Day against Homo-Bi-Transphobia
Portugal’s prime minister António Costa marked International Day Against Homo-Bi and Transphobia by hoisting the rainbow flag that characterises the ‘gay pride’ movement outside his official residence of São Bento.
Portugal moves forwards on cases against Hungary and Poland ‘suspected of violating European values’
Portugal is moving forwards with cases against Hungary and Poland, both ‘suspected of violating European values’. This issue blew up last July, when Member States were discussing the ‘Brussels’ bazooka
“Specific €6.9 billion bazooka” underway to save tourism in Portugal
The government is preparing a “specific bazooka” for tourism in Portugal, valued at €6.9 billion. The news however has not come from the government. It came from former deputy prime
Madeleine ‘never left Portugal’, say German police
The novelty is not what they said, but why they bothered. German police still focused on accusing rapist/ child sex offender Christian Brückner for the abduction (and murder) of Madeleine
90% of deaths due to skin cancers ‘could be avoided’, says APCC
The Portuguese Skin Cancer Association (APCC) warns today (commemorating Euromelanoma Day) that 90% of deaths due to skin cancers could be avoided. Prevention, say the experts, is ‘fulcral’, and requires
Weekend saw 200,000 vaccinations administered in Portugal
Last weekend saw Portugal break new ground in its vaccination roll-out: 200,000 shots were administered between Saturday and Sunday – the majority to teachers and non-teaching staff. The roll-out now