Sexta às 9 shines new spotlight on corruption probes into Portuguese government dealings over lithium, green hydrogen and EDP dams sale
The investigative team of RTP’s Sexta às 9 has done it again. In 39-minutes last Friday it has managed to raise multiple points and insinuations into ‘underhand dealings’ by Portugal’s
PM Costa slams Novo Banco’s request for €600 million as ‘manifestly beyond necessities’
The extraordinary declaration by Novo Banco that it is on track to make a profit at last but still needs another €600 million from the government (click here) has been
3,668 ‘recover’ from Covid in 24-hours; 8 deaths, 344 new cases
In the DGS Covid bulletin for Saturday, 3,668 people have ‘recovered’ in the last 24-hours after testing positive for Covid-19, the active case count has dropped to 28,208 people while
1.8 million doses of vaccine to arrive in Portugal in April
With today’s mass vaccination of teachers, PM Costa announced that in April Portugal will be receiving 1.8 million doses of vaccines. This is the same amount that arrived in the
Algarve hoteliers association boss ‘resigns’ after no-holds-barred interview
Elidérico Viegas, the man at the helm of Algarve hoteliers association AHETA for the last 25 years, is understood to be standing down from his role as president from Monday.
Operation Marquês: former Portuguese PM charged with 31 crimes to hear whether he must face trial
Over six years since he was arrested at Lisbon airport on suspicions of labyrinthine layers of corruption, former Portuguese prime minister José Sócrates is to hear whether he – and
Portuguese gravely injured in ISIS-linked attack in Mozambique
A Portuguese national has been gravely injured in one of the attacks waged by armed rebels linked to the Islamic State in the Mozambican town of Palma near Cabo Delgado.
Portuguese State takes on US fashion designer over “abusive appropriation” of fisherman’s sweater
The Portuguese State is ready to take on US fashion designer Tory Burch for what appears to be the “abusive appropriation” of Portuguese cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture has
Portugal ‘celebrates’ another (almost) exemplary Covid bulletin
Friday has seen another (almost) exemplary Covid bulletin: only five deaths, 488 new cases – only eight of them in the Algarve – and another dip in numbers in hospital.
German ‘Covid specialists’ “a magnificent gesture of European solidarity”
The teams of German ‘Covid specialists’ who arrived in Portugal in February when health services were ‘on their knees’ have finally ‘gone home’ as numbers in hospitals have fallen dramatically.