Pandemic has “pushed drug traffickers to using private jets”
With the extraordinary story linking footballing personalities from Portugal with a private jet transporting 500 kilos of cocaine from Brazil still swirling through the international media (click here), a police
Portugal sees another 4,567 people ‘recover’ from Covid-19 as ICU numbers fall below 600
Portugal has seen numbers in hospital suffering from the effects of Covid-19 drop by another 310 today, with the tally of patients in ICUs falling below 600 for the first
Second team of German military doctors and nurses arrives to help Portugal through worst of Covid-19
A second team of German military medical personnel has arrived in Portugal today to relieve the 26 colleagues who have been here for the last three weeks, working specifically with
Unemployment in Portugal increases by 104,000 in spite of 100% lay-off
According to data released today by IEFP (the institute of employment and professional training) there are another 104,000 people registered as unemployed than there were this time last year. In
Thousands sign petition for “immediate reopening” of recreational fishing
Over 7.800 people have signed the petition to reopen recreational fishing immediately – on the basis that it is as ‘safe’ and socially-distanced a pastime as you could hope to
Pressure to end Portugal’s lockdown measures increases
The pressure is on for an end to Portugal’s stringent lockdown measures. With PS Socialists insisting it is still too early to come up with any kind of ‘deconfinement plan’,
Bragança mother leaves twin babies and three other children home alone for five days
A Bragança woman faces charges of child abuse and abandonment after leaving her five children ‘home alone’ for five days. Police were called to the woman’s apartment in Bragança after
Portugal’s foreign affairs minister outlines why Europe ‘sits on fence’ as Hong Kong situation deteriorates
Portugal’s head of diplomacy Augusto Santos Silva has given a curious press conference on relationships with China following yesterday’s meeting of the European Union’s Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Portugal could reach ‘herd immunity’ by beginning of August
Task force coordinator Henrique Gouveia e Melo believes Portugal could reach the point where 70% of the population has been vaccinated by the middle, or even the beginning of August.
State shipyard askance as Portuguese Naval launch is sent for private repair
The Commission for workers of the State’s Alfeite Arsenal as well as the Syndicate of Civil Workers in the Armed Forces are seeing red over a decision by the Navy