Portugal’s cafés and restaurants “will remain closed to end April” says tabloid
Tabloid Correio da Manhã claims restrictive measures to stem the spread of Covid-19 will remain in place until Easter (April 4). “The government will only start lifting measures once the
Chinese triads and couple suspected of decapitating Thai masseuse elude Portuguese justice
Judicial authorities in Portugal are on the trail of four foreign suspects, all believed to have carried out gruesome killings in Portugal before fleeing the country. A case splashed over
Portuguese hospitals braced for ‘most critical moment in health service history’
Portuguese hospitals are braced for the most critical moment in the history of the SNS health service. According to a study by APAH, the national association of hospital administrators, numbers
Heavy rains cause flooding and damage throughout Algarve
With dams everywhere at last filling up thanks to unusually heavy rain, there has been localised flooding in various low-lying areas of the Algarve – Faro particularly, where a combination
Portugal’s PJ police “concentrate investigations on vaccine fraud”
Portugal’s hugely embarrassing ‘fraudulent vaccinations scandal’ shows no signs of going away. No matter how much prime minister António Costa seems to have tried to deflect press attention, the truth
Portugal in global spotlight as former president says: “It’s time to request European aid”
Portugal is in the global spotlight this week – with media outlets everywhere carrying stories of ‘just how bad things have become’ in the little country on the edge of
Distance learning in Portugal: “disadvantaged children will be ‘lost’ unless government changes policy”
With Portugal’s public schools due to embark on distance learning from home after an enforced two-week break because of the pandemic, academics are urging the government to allow the nation’s
New maximum in Portugal’s ICU’s as Austria takes Portuguese patients to ‘help save lives’
With impressions overall that Portugal’s has ‘passed the worst’ of its third wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections, today’s Covid bulletin has made depressing reading: numbers entering ICU’s are at a record
90% of those vaccinated in Portugal “developed immunity after first dose”
90% of the roughly 400,000 people already vaccinated in Portugal developed antibodies to the ‘new coronavirus’ after their first dose. This is the conclusion of a study by the Instituto
“We will only get back to normal when 70% of country is vaccinated”, says Portugal’s PM
“We will only get back to normal when at least 70% of the country has been vaccinated”, said prime minister António Costa on his second ‘high profile’ day of visiting