Almost 60% of Portugal’s poor have jobs
Living on the breadline in Portugal doesn’t mean one doesn’t have a job: almost 60% of the nation’s poor work, and still don’t have enough to make ends meet. This
484 people “refuse Covid vaccines in Coimbra”
484 people have refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Coimbra. The news has come from councillor in charge of health Regina Bento, who told a council meeting today that
Hailstorm in Fundão destroys 600 hectares of cherries and peaches
Hailstones have destroyed 600 hectares of cherries and peaches in Fundão. Growers have said it was the ‘worst time’ for the hailstorm, as the trees had all finished flowering. It
“Only 15% of adverse reactions in Portugal related to AstraZeneca” while second dose ‘can be substituted by another other vaccine’
Only 15% of the more than 3600 cases of adverse reactions reported in Portugal are related to the AstraZeneca vaccine while DGS health chiefs today have ‘admitted’ that the second
‘Gamechanging’ Johnson&Johnson vaccines arrives in Portugal on Wednesday
The gamechanging Johnson&Johnson vaccine (by dint of assuring immunity through a single dose) arrives in Portugal on Wednesday. The first batch is of 30,000 doses. Another advantage of this vaccine
Public Ministry drops murder charges against SEF inspectors accused of murder at Lisbon airport
Summing up at the end of the trial of three SEF inspectors, accused of killing Ukrainian father-of-two Ihor Homeniuk at Lisbon airport last March (click here), public prosecutor Leonor Machado
Hundreds of motorists honk horns in disgust in Lisbon and Viseu as petition to oust Marquês judge hits 170,000 signatures
Hundreds of motorists honked their horns in ‘disgust’ in Lisbon and Viseu yesterday over the ‘pardoning’ by Judge Ivo Rosa of former prime minister José Sócrates for various crimes of
‘Saving Alagoas Brancas’: associations file injunction
The steely determination of bird-lovers and conservationists to save Alagoas Brancas, Lagoa’s signature freshwater lagoon, has seen a bid for a judicial embargo presented to Loulé’s administrative and fiscal court
Baby’s finger reattached after monkey attack at zoo
Friday’s gruesome news (click here) has had a ‘good ending’: doctors have reattached the severed part of the finger of the baby attacked by a monkey at Zoo Santo Inácio
Shots fired at police as hundreds party in Amadora
Shots were fired at police in the early hours of this morning as they tried to break up parties ongoing in the Amadora neighbourhood of Cova da Moura. No-one was