Portuguese government prepares to deliver Plan for Recovery and Resilience to Brussels
The government has presented its Plan for Recovery & Resilience to both President Marcelo and the country today, suggesting it could lead to €7.2 billion in direct investment for businesses.
Scuffles outside Superior Council of Magistrature
There were unpleasant scuffles with police today during a protest outside the Superior Council of Magistrature in support of ‘suspended’ judge Rui Fonseca e Castro. The incidents – which led
Criminal cases against Ricardo Salgado and Armando Vara already ‘distributed to bench’
Considering the years it took to get an instructory decision on the Marquês case, involving former prime minister José Sócrates (click here), it has taken ‘no time at all’ to
Novo Banco to get €430 million of the €598 million requested
The ongoing saga of Portugal bailing out Novo Banco continues with the next tranche due to be paid in May calculated at €430 million. This is “not as much as
Portugal’s Rt ‘falls’ along with ‘incidence’ rating – but Germany red-lists Algarve and Azores
On a day when only four people have died with Covid-19 and the active case count has fallen along with Portugal’s Rt number and incidence rating, Germany has announced that
Portugal ‘reopens’ flights between UK and Brazil – but only for essential reasons
Portugal has ‘reopened’ flights between UK and Brazil, but only for essential reasons. Indeed, if one reads the government’s announcement today, the reality is that it is ‘prolonging restrictive measures
Alert through western Algarve after 40-year-old woman raped in Barão de S. João
An alert is going out over social media today following the rape of a 40-year-old woman in rural Barão de S. João, near Lagos, last night. The woman, who is
Beja ‘freed’ from restrictions imposed last night as DGS revises figures
The borough of Beja will not now be stopped from moving to deconfinement stage 3 as DGS health chiefs have ‘revised’ the 14-day rolling average of case numbers and found
Portugal moves forwards, leaving 11 boroughs behind – two in Algarve
Portugal moves forwards to deconfinement stage 3 on Monday as planned – with the exception of 11 boroughs, two in the Algarve. Of these boroughs – due to their incidence
Portuguese Covid vaccine “with promising results in pre-clinical trials in animals”
A Portuguese transnasal (through the nose) Covid vaccine is being developed by biotech company Immunethep, based in Catanhede, near Coimbra – and according to reports today, it has had “promising