Lisbon among 10 most attractive European cities for property investment
Lisbon is in 10th place on a list compiled of the ‘most attractive European cities for property investment’. Real Estate agency CBRE’s EMEA Investor Intentions Survey 2021 is led by
Child dies after falling nine storeys in Vila Franca de Xira
A six-year-old boy died yesterday evening after he fell nine floors into a carpark from an open window in his family’s apartment in Vila Franca de Xira. Reports explain the
One dead, 220 new cases, Rt down to 1 (on average): Portugal’s Monday bulletin
One death in the last 24-hours, 220 new cases, 547 ‘recoveries’ and the Rt number (nationally) down to 1, this is the ‘good news’ of Portugal’s Monday bulletin. Further good
Portugal’s brave new plan for railways to be approved by government by March 2022
Portugal’s ‘brave new plan’ for upgrading the nation’s creaking railway system is to be approved by the government by March 2022. That means debates have to move forwards beforehand. The
Monday’s new step to freedom leaves 10 boroughs ‘miserably looking on’ – and 13 with ‘huge doubts’
For most of Portugal today is the day we can all return to inside eating in restaurants and cafés, it’s the moment shopping malls reopen; we can all start going
183,000 vaccines administered in Portugal over weekend
It is being hailed as a ‘record’ and has seen prime minister António Costa describe it in a tweet as a ‘great success’: this weekend saw 183,000 people vaccinated in
New cases outstrip recoveries: Portugal’s Sunday bulletin
The number of new cases registered today (+441) outstripped recoveries (+395), thus in an unwelcome change the total number of active cases in Portugal increased by +43 to 25,387. Three
Doctors syndicate appeals to government to implement ‘real recovery’ of Portuguese health service, or “face catastrophe”
SIM, the independent syndicate of doctors, has appealed to the government in an open letter addressed to the health minister today to implement ‘a real recovery’ of the SNS health
Mayor of Cascais keen to help produce Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine in Portugal
Mayor of Cascais Carlos Carreiras “guarantees that Russia’s vaccine against Covid-19 can be produced in Portugal”. In fact, the centre-right PSD mayor is in negotiations with Moscow to create a
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon against ‘vile’ attempts to declare right-wing party Chega ‘illegal’
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Lisbon this afternoon to demonstrate against what has been described in the media as ‘the illegalisation of Chega’ – the right-wing party