53-year-old woman hospitalised after becoming trapped in Arade sludge near Portimão
A 53-year-old woman had to be rescued after becoming trapped in the thick sludge of the Arade estuary near Portimão on Friday. Maritime police and firefighters extricated the woman who
Covid self-scheduling platform now open to 60-year-olds
With Portugal’s vaccination programme now moving swiftly through the 60-69 year age-grouping, the self-scheduling platform (click here) is now open to anyone over the age of 60. The plan is
Scientists and fishermen step-up to save Algarve’s underwater reef, home to almost 900 species
A unique initiative involving scientists, Algarve fishermen, local authorities and Portugal’s Fundação Oceano Azul (Ocean Blue Foundation) has come up with a proposal to protect the ‘largest shallow water reef
Portugal’s million euro hosting of EU Social Summit “a profound disillusion”, says Left Bloc
The Portuguese government’s ‘moment of glory’ during the all-too-brief six month presidency of the Council of the European Union was the EU Social Summit which took place in Porto over
Holiday reservations for Portugal “go through roof”
Since making it onto the UK’s ‘safe travel green list’ a little over 24-hours ago, Portugal has seen a major surge in the number of people booking summer holidays. Elidérico
Portugal strikes gold: UK’s green travel list has only three ‘popular holiday destinations’ on it
Portugal’s inclusion on the UK’s green list for ‘quarantine free’ travel from May 17 is golden. The country is one of only three ‘popular summer short haul destinations on the
New data shows ‘natural Covid infection’ leaves people better protected than if they take the vaccine
New scientific data shows that if a person is infected with SARS-CoV-2 and goes onto develop Covid-19 and recovers, they will be better protected against incoming variants than a person
Hospital bosses in shock over ‘small print’ of Brussels ‘bazooka’
Hospital bosses in Lisbon and Porto have been shocked to discover that the ‘small print’ of Europe’s long-promised ‘bazooka’ of recovery funding has actually opened a can of ‘austerity worms’.
Portugal hits 100,000-vaccinations-in-a-day target ‘week ahead of schedule’
Portugal hit its target of reaching 100,000 vaccinations against Covid-19 in a day yesterday (Thursday) and is on schedule for the same number today. Explain reports, this is actually ‘a
SEF inspectors and staff on strike today
SEF (Serviços de Estrangeiros and Fronteiras) inspectors and staff are on strike today in protest to the government’s plans to ‘extinguish’ the agency, siphoning off its policing powers to the