Mystery as empty Renault Mégane careers off cliff at Azenhas do Mar
PJ police are investigating what caused an empty Renault Mégane to roll off a cliff at Azenhas do Mar, Sintra, crashing down onto the rocks over 30-foot below. The incident
PSP rakes in over €100,000 in fines during Portugal’s State of Emergency
People ‘breaking lockdown rules’ – or otherwise not complying with measures introduced under Portugal’s State of Emergency – have been fined over €100,000 since January by PSP police. The force
Portugal “returns to numbers seen before 3rd wave”
With 67 deaths in the last 24-hours and 1,940 new cases, Portugal is returning to the kind of daily results witnessed before the country was engulfed by the ‘third wave’
Évora seniors contract Covid-19 after vaccinations
12 seniors at an old people’s home run by Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Èvora have become infected with Covid-19, 17 days after being vaccinated with their second shots. For
“He lies!” Outraged syndicate calls for dismissal of Portugal minister of interior administration Eduardo Cabrita
Further outrage has been heaped on Portugal’s minister for interior administration Eduardo Cabrita. The man who political commentator Luís Marques Mendes said had “no conditions to remain in office” two
Repatriation flight for Portuguese stranded in Brazil set for February 27
A repatriation flight for Portuguese citizens, or foreigners legally resident in Portugal, currently stranded in Brazil (due to the prohibition of passenger travel) is being organised by the Portuguese ministry
Portugal’s vaccine plan suffers ‘new reverse’
Portugal’s vaccination programme has suffered a ‘new reverse’ due to the shortage of vaccines being delivered, vis-a-vis numbers initially expected. Vaccine task force coordinator Gouveia e Melo has explained that
Portugal’s PM and US VP Kamala Harris share fame in Indian diaspora 2021 ‘success stories’
Portugal’s prime minister António Costa is one of the many names highlighted in the 2021 edition of Indiaspora – an organisation that charts the successes of the Indian diaspora, and
Portugal released from “worst-in-world” Covid ranking: now placed in 12th slot
With numbers improving every day, Portugal has finally been released from its ‘worst-in-the-world’ Covid ranking (click here). The consistent drop in the number of new infections has meant that the
Protests as ‘impoverished’ ANA airports authority starts charging State workers for parking
ANA airports authority has used the “current context the sector is experiencing” to justify starting to charge public sector workers based at terminals in Lisbon, Faro and Porto for parking