Portugal’s SEF border inspectors charged with murdering Ukrainian say: “It wasn’t us…”
After all the months in which the narrative has centred on Ukrainian Ihor Homeniuk being beaten to death by three SEF inspectors at Lisbon airport, the trial has begun, and
Civic movements pressure Portuguese government for transparency over lithium strategy
Eight citizens’ movements opposing lithium exploration have written to environment minister João Pedro Matos Fernandes demanding transparency in the process and the involvement of populations. Associação Guardiões da Serra da
Spain ready to ‘help’ Portugal as hospitals struggle to cope with Covid-19
Spain has said it too will be ready to help Portugal as hospitals struggle to cope with the demands of the pandemic. Said João Mira Gomes, Portugal’s ambassador in Madrid,
Family still waiting for autopsy results of Portuguese health worker who died after receiving vaccine
The family of 41-year-old IPO hospital operational assistant Sónia Azevedo who died on January 1 two days after receiving the first shot of Pfizer vaccine is still waiting for the
Too slow? Portugal lags behind in rolling-out priority Covid vaccines
With an atmosphere of heightened caution in the UK today due to fears that the South African variant (thought to render current vaccines less effective) could be in community transmission,
Portugal continues “worst in world” in terms of new cases despite marked drop over last few days
Portugal continues to be the ‘worst country in the world’ in terms of new cases per million inhabitants. But the last few days have seen a marked drop in this
China looks to Portugal’s European presidency to “accelerate” investment deal with Brussels
China is expecting a ‘great big boost’ during Portugal’s presidency of the European Union – accelerating the process of ratification of the China-Brussels investment agreement, which would also “allow more
Portugal registers record-high deaths in January: 28% justified as due to Covid
January’s grim death toll in Portugal of 19, 452 people was the highest monthly figure in the last 12 years. On just one day (January 20) no less than 746
Portugal’s justice system will be “completely floored” by time pandemic comes to close
Portugal’s justice system – traditionally slow, badly-organised and inexorably favouring the rich – is being brought to its knees by the pandemic. According to Menezes Leitão, the president of the
Portugal’s frontier crossings reduced to ‘authorised points of passage’
New restrictions on mobility came into place at 00.00 hours today under the terms of Portugal’s renewed State of Emergency. These include ‘many restrictions’ on journeys out of the country










