Portuguese Attorney General’s bid to ‘muzzle’ high-profile cases to be challenged through courts
The ‘all-out war’ that has been raging since Attorney General Lucília Gago issued a directive allowing ‘high profile’ cases to be effectively muzzled from ‘the superior hierarchy’ has entered new
Portugal’s looming lockdown “could strip economy of €15 billion” before April
Portugal’s looming national lockdown – due to come into force at midnight on Wednesday (or as the government explains it 0.00 hours of Thursday morning) – could cost the economy
Barking mad: Loulé town council turns down ‘substantial offer’ to upgrade municipal kennels
Loulé Câmara (town council) has a problem that simply refuses to go away: a number of privately-run animal shelters in its catchment area are barking mad over the way they
Covid field hospital (re)opens in Algarve’s Portimão Arena
As part of Phase 4 of its contingency plan, CHUA, the university hospital centre of the Algarve, has decided to resurrect the Covid field hospital that was initially constructed Portimão’s
Pandemic numbers continue to spiral: Portugal’s ‘lockdown’ “unlikely to last only two weeks”
With today’s numbers highlighting the increasing pressure on the Portuguese health service, Público has revealed that the national lockdown due to come into force next week is expected to start
Border guards detain six nationals flying into Portugal from Brazil with forged negative Covid tests
SEF borders agency inspectors have detained six nationals attempting to enter Portugal on a flight from Brazil carrying forged negative tests for Covid-19. The six, aged between 28 and 32,
Portugal braces for nationwide ‘lockdown’ as active cases exceed 100,000
Portugal is braced for a new nationwide lockdown to start as early as next Tuesday as active cases have now exceeded 100,000. In just the first few days of 2021
Judges fear banks and ‘large companies’ will get away without paying millions of euros in fines
Three Portuguese judges at the Competitions Court have spoken out against flaws in the system that risk ‘losing ’ millions of euros in fines levied against banks and large companies.
Government admits restaurants and non-food related commerce may have to close next week
Breaking news this evening as Portugal prepares for another weekend lockdown is that restaurants and non-food related commerce may be forced to close next week. Economy minister Pedro Siza Vieira
Layoff support and salaries at 100% extended to June by Portugal’s Council of Ministers
Workers in lay-off, and their bosses, will be receiving State support until June 2021. The decision came following yesterday’s Council of Ministers, which decided on new weekend lockdowns for almost