Groundforce and TAP reach agreement over salaries
Airport handling company Groundforce and its shareholder TAP have finally reached agreement to temporarily unblock the impasse over salary payments, meaning 2400 workers will finally receive their salaries for February.
Montijo “may be only solution” for Lisbon’s second airport
Answering questions in parliament yesterday PM António Costa has hinted, yet again, that the unpopular decision for Lisbon’s second airport to be sited at Montijo airbase, may in the end
Chinese businessman who ‘ordered killer arson attack’ in Porto jailed for 25 years
The Chinese businessman who ordered ‘death by arson’ in order to rid his property of tenants has been jailed for 25 years – the maximum prison term Portugal can give.
Vaccine wars: Vice-admiral in charge of Portugal’s roll-out defends use of Russian jab
Vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Mel in charge of Portugal’s vaccine roll-out is defending the use of Russia’s Sputnik V jab as long as it gets the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Earthquake in Lisbon, 3.4 on Richter Scale
An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale in Lisbon, 8kms east of Loures, was felt by many thousands of citizens as it hit at 9.51 this morning. Twitter was
Portugal supports EU plan for ‘green passports’ to be operational by June
Portugal is one of a group of southern European countries giving the thumbs-up to Brussels’ plans for a ‘green (Covid) passport’ to facilitate holiday travel throughout the bloc this summer.
AstraZeneca Vaccine hiatus
To use a song title, March 15 was “Manic Monday” in Portugal. After two months of economic stagnation and collective despair, the country started ‘reopening for business’: 650,000 children and
Supermarkets prepare to sell ‘quickie Covid tests’
With pharmacies still not supplied with ‘quickie Covid tests’ (click here), reports suggest they will soon be available for sale in large supermarkets. A source for the Jerónimo Martins chain
Law governing wearing of masks in street extended to July
Parliament has today approved an extension to the law demanding the use of masks in the street when “physical distancing recommended by health authorities is impractical”. The requirement for everyone
New weekly bulletin to give Portugal’s deconfinement stats
In addition to daily Covid bulletins, Portugal’s health authorities are to start publishing weekly statistics to ‘monitor the evolution of Covid-19” during the process of deconfinement. Scheduled for Fridays, the