Well-known Algarve hotelier goes missing: searches underway
Searches have been underway since yesterday after well-known and highly-respected hotel director Dinis Pires went missing from his home in Loulé. Pires, 53, who has worked in a number of
Second day this week that Portugal registers zero Covid deaths
The decision to unlock the country comes just as the daily bulletins start reporting incidences where there are no deaths at all. Today is one of them. It’s the second
Covid quarantine camp: Portuguese government requisitions bankrupt Odemira eco-resort for immigrant agricultural workers
Odemira’s Zmar eco-resort has been requisitioned by the government to ensure immigrant agricultural workers who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 have the facilities they require to self-isolate. It is clearly
21% of Portuguese “still need to be convinced to take the vaccine” against Covid-19
In spite of all the hype – and declarations that ‘receptivity to the vaccine is highest among the older, wealthier and better educated’ – the truth appears to be that
Johnson & Johnson single-shot vac only available to over-50s
In yet another ‘adjustment’ to vaccination protocols, the secretary of state for health António Lacerda Sales has announced this morning that the Johnson & Johnson single shot vaccination will only
Law approved to ‘increase size of small print in Portuguese contracts’
Parliament yesterday approved a law to increase the size of small print in contracts – ensuring words can never appear smaller than 2.5 mm (or font 11). The proposal came
Body of man in his 30s discovered on banks of Douro river in Porto
The body of a man apparently in his 30s has been found this morning on the banks of the Douro river in Porto. A source for the country’s maritime authority
Arouca finally inaugurates longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world
The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world – a feat of both architecture and engineering – has finally opened in Portugal. Right now ‘516 Arouca’ (named for being 516
First national seagull census begins
The first national urban census of seagulls has begun. SPEA, the Portuguese society for the study of Birds is asking city and town dwellers to help them by registering seagulls,
Fitch with ‘stable’ outlook for Portugal’s second trimester
Ratings agency Fitch forecasts a ‘stable’ BBB outlook for Portugal’s second trimester this year, because it says it believes public debt will recover from the downward trajectory caused by combat