100,000 university students have less than €50-a-month to live on
100,000 Portuguese university students (roughly 25% of the nation’s total) have only €50 to live on per month after paying ‘fixed costs’ of fees, transport and rent. A study conducted
Culture sector ‘indignant’ over double standards that still see them out of business
Owners and managers of Portugal’s bars and discotheques, festival promoters and similarare up in arms today after the tacit acceptance by authorities of huge throngs of football fans outside the
Government dispatch announces hiring of another 2,474 health professionals – the majority nurses
Marking International Nurses Day today, the government has published a dispatch allowing for the hiring of 2,474 health professionals, the majority of them (1,366) nurses. Honouring nurses for their ‘tireless
Brussels unlikely to approve Portugal’s ‘bazooka’ funding by June
Brussels is unlikely to approve Portugal’s bazooka funding (Plan for Recovery and Resilience) before June, writes Expresso today. Prime minister António Costa had hoped for approval in time for the
Portugal has performed almost 11 million Covid tests
Health minister Marta Temido has told parliament today that Portugal has performed almost 11 million tests for Covid-19 in Portugal. Put another way, the country has carried out 11
Incidence down, Rt slightly up, 4 deaths, 485 new infections
Portugal’s Wednesday bulletin proves one very important point: Rt can increase, infections can continue, but numbers in hospitals are steadily falling. This validates the prediction of virologist Pedro Simas
PM forced into ‘damage control’ intervention over Covid ‘blackspot’ of Odemira
Following a manic week of news and revelations from the ‘Covid-blackspot’ of Odemira, prime minister António Costa cancelled his agenda on Tuesday afternoon in order to wrestle back control. From
Violent confrontations in Alvalade Stadium see police fire rubber bullets on massive crowd of fans
Violent confrontations have been taking place in Lisbon this evening involving thousands of football fans and the police. The trouble began mid-way through the game between Sporting-Boavista game at Alvalade
José Sócrates’ new book has barely sold 500 copies
Entitled “Só Agora Começou” (‘it has only just started’) – the former Socialist leader’s ‘response’ to years in the cold and under suspicion of corruption – is “not on the
Advice on €30 million to be made available for improving energy efficiency in Portuguese homes to come ‘any day now
Environment minister João Pedro Matos Fernandes has said the government will be launching advice on how citizens can benefit from €30 million being made available in the Programme for Recovery