“Terrible mistake”: Portugal’s golden visa changes ‘kill the Golden Goose’
Almost a year since they were first mooted, changes to Portugal’s lucrative golden visa investment programme have been approved. From July next year, these fast track visas that have seen
Portuguese truckers ‘should all have made it into France by end of today’
With Christmas now well and truly over, the last of the Portuguese truckers stuck in UK because of the furore over a ‘new variant’ of the Covid virus (click here
Vaccines are here – but pandemic “by no means over”
With Portugal ‘celebrating’ the arrival today of the first batch of vaccines, the reality is that the Covid-19 pandemic is still a long way from being over. Says Lusa, there
Azambuja wildlife ‘massacre’: government suspends decision for massive solar park
The Portuguese government has moved in to delay a decision on the massive solar park planned for an estate where over 540 animals were massacred in Azambuja by Spanish ‘hunters’
Portugal welcomes ‘historic’ Brexit trade deal
Portugal has welcomed the Brexit deal announced between the United Kingdom and the EU today – with the President of the Republic, prime minister and foreign minister all announcing their
More than 400 Portuguese truckers ‘still stuck’ on wrong side of English Channel
More than 400 Portuguese truckers still stuck on the wrong side of the English Channel have had to accept that they will be spending Christmas in their cabs. The lifting
Portugal receives extra 70,200 doses of vaccine to start mass inoculation programme on Sunday
Authorities in Portugal heard yesterday that instead of the 9,750 doses of the BioNTech/ Pfizer vaccine anticipated for the start of the vaccination programme on Sunday, it will be receiving
Hospital admissions in Portugal continue to fall though case numbers ‘up again’
The seemingly eternal swings and roundabouts of Covid-19 in Portugal continues today, taking the country towards Christmas with a relatively high number of new infections, but the ‘good news’ that
Portugal’s Ombudsman delivers new hammer blow over death of Ukrainian at Lisbon airport
Portugal’s Ombudsman Maria Lúcia Amaral has delivered a new hammer-blow over the death nine months ago of Ukrainian father-of-two Ihor Homeniuk at border agency SEF’s ‘base’ at Lisbon airport (click
Can 2020 get any worse? Theft of 36 manhole covers in Leiria, Portugal prompts serious safety concerns
With a little more than a week left of 2020 to go, a new ‘danger’ has been identified in Leiria. In the last few days 36 40-kilo manhole covers have