PSD want MPs to declare all memberships, including Masons and Opus Dei
Centre-right PSD has today supported a proposal by PAN (People Animals Nature party) to make it obligatory for MPs and those in public office to declare memberships to ‘secret organisations’,
Covid bulletin Tuesday: active case count down to 35,229, new cases 384
Tuesday’s bulletin shows Portugal active Covid case count is down to 35,229 people, of which 384 were registered positive in the last 24-hours. Deaths in the same period came to
Portugal comes off England’s travel red list – but there are still no flights!
Following huge behind-scenes pressure, Portugal will be officially removed from the widely-condemned English government travel ‘red list’ at 4am on Friday – meaning anyone arriving in England from Portugal is
Angolan airline returns to running direct flights to Portugal, Brazil and South Africa
Angolan State airline TAAG will be picking up on its direct flights to Portugal, Brazil and South Africa this week. Flights to Portugal start on Wednesday, followed by connections to
Fátima reopens for worship
In line with the government’s plan for deconfinement, worship has reopened in Portugal. The Sanctuary of Fátima is now holding six Masses every day, at 7.30am, 9am, 11am, 3pm and
TAP signs MoU with Emirates
Emirates and TAP Air Portugal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand the codeshare partnership currently in place between both airlines. The new agreement will see customers of
Portuguese scientists ‘close to completing work on alternative to Covid vaccine’
A group of Portuguese scientists has been working since last May on a way of ‘domesticating’ the SARS-CoV-2 virus – transforming it “from a wolf to a dog”. Project coordinator
Illegal parties: young people are renting properties for parties “up and down country”
With the ‘stay at home’ order in place throughout Portugal until after Easter, the truth is that young people still want to party. Situations where youngsters have rented properties in
Family dies as boat sinks in Lima river
A 41-year-old woman and her two elderly parents died yesterday when the little boat in which they were transporting wood overturned in the Lima river, near Santa Maria de Portuzelo,
Teachers lose out on programmed vaccines as Portugal suspends use of AstraZeneca
Teachers and non-teaching staff heard this evening that plans to start inoculating them against Covid-19 this weekend have been put on hold due to widespread concerns over the safety of