60-year-old man in intensive care after snake bite in Constância (Santarém district)
A 60-year-old man is in a “critical but stable condition” in intensive care after being bitten by a Lataste’s viper (Latin name: Vipera latastei, Portuguese name: Víbora cornuda) – one
TAP’s losses for 2020 “12 times worse than 2019”
Portugal’s signature airline TAP has posted losses for 2020 of over €1.2 billion – translating into roughly 12 times those of 2019. A statement by the airline has explained that
Portugal becomes 1st European country to deliver Programme for Recovery and Resilience to Brussels
Portugal has become the 1st European country to deliver its Programme for Recovery and Resilience (the long anticipated funding ‘bazooka’ to help the country overcome the ravages of the pandemic)
Portuguese in South Africa “not happy over 14-day quarantine rule”, says Consul
Portuguese living in South Africa “do not understand” why authorities here insist they should go into 14-days quarantine on arrival home. They claim incidence levels in South Africa are low,
New ‘Commandos disgrace’: Portuguese instructors accused of acting with ‘sadistic intent’
A second investigation has been opened into sadistic instructors on military Commando training courses in Portugal. After the horror that saw two recruits die after exercises of one of the
DGS updates rules for ‘parents-to-be’ during pandemic
Hospitals are to ensure conditions and tests so that fathers are allowed back into the births of their children in spite of the risks of Covid-19. The change in policy
Portugal to receive 50 more refugees from Greek camps – almost half ‘unaccompanied minors’
Portugal is continuing to take in refugees from camps in Greece, despite the pandemic. The next group to arrive will number 50 people, of which 24 are classified as ‘unaccompanied
Tragic Valentina’s murder: father and step-mother receive long jail terms
A child murder case that horrified the nation for its callous brutality has seen perpetrators Sandro and Márcia Bernardo sent to jail for 25 years and 18 years and nine
Portugal’s Covid hospital numbers fall below 400 for first time in months
Good news today: Portugal’s Rt is suddenly back below 1 (at 0.98 nationally); hospital numbers are the lowest they have been for months (only 397 people) and only one person
Reopening of frontiers with Spain “will not come soon”, says PM
The reopening of frontiers with Spain will not come soon, prime minister António Costa has conceded today. A decision will only come when both countries conclude that ‘conditions of safety’