“Portuguese involved in plan to kill German president”, writes Sol
PJ counter terrorism police swooped on a number of addresses in the Greater Lisbon area last week on the request of counterparts in Germany. German investigators believe an extreme right
Blood donations: sexual orientation no longer criteria for exclusion
Portuguese authorities will from now be taking pains to evaluate blood donors “according to principles of non-discrimination”. This means sexual orientation can no longer be used as a criteria for
PM pledges €12.1 billion investment in SNS health system
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced a 12.1-billion-euro investment in the country’s National Health Service (SNS) this year. The aim is to strengthen the resilience of the health care system.
Portugal without excess mortality for first time in eight months
New data released by INE (statistics institute) shows that deaths in Portugal since February 22 are ‘back to normal patterns’. This is the first time in eight months that numbers
Almost 3,000 demonstrate in Lisbon for ‘greater individual and social freedom’
Almost 3,000 people came together in Lisbon today for a protest to demand greater individual and social freedom. Say reports, the event was ‘against the management of the Covid-19 pandemic’.
Portugal imposes new restrictions on passengers arriving from South Africa
The Portuguese government has decided to apply the same restrictions on passengers flying into the country from South Africa as already apply to those arriving from Brazil and the United
Portugal’s tourism and restaurant sectors “have lost 29,000 jobs due to pandemic”
Speaking on TSF radio today, secretary of state for tourism Rita Marques has said that the sector (including that for restaurants) has lost 29,000 jobs due to the pandemic. Ms
New repatriation flight between Brazil and Portugal
With direct commercial and private flights between Brazil and Portugal suspended to March 31, the Portuguese embassy in Brasilia has announced a new repatriation flight to leave Campinas in São
Details of 2.4 million Portuguese discovered on ‘dark web’
Expresso reports that one single file shared on the Dark Web in February contained the names, mobile phone numbers, email addresses, places of work, home addresses and civil status of
Algarve and north are only regions in Portugal conforming to government’s “ideal for deconfinement”
Five days into Portugal’s slow deconfinement and everything nationally is going ‘well’ – though some regions are doing better than others. According to the report published yesterday by INSA (the