Portugal’s airports remain open to Brits in spite of ‘potentially rampaging’ virus variant
The Portuguese government has ‘no intention of following the example of other European countries’ which have today suspended all flight connections with the UK due to the discovery of a
Over 500,000 foreigners now resident in Portugal
Thanks to immigration, Portugal’s population has ‘grown’ for the first time in eight years. Statistics published last week by national statistics institute INE show the nation’s population at the end
Development outrage in Praia da Luz – because someone hasn’t been telling the truth…
The winter calm over tourist village Praia da Luz has been shattered by the erection of an innocuous sign on scrubland near the Miradouro (viewing point) on the way out
Hotels “absolutely taken by surprise” by government’s New Year shutdown
Hotels throughout the country were totally wrong-footed yesterday evening when prime minister António Costa announced New Year would be ‘cancelled’ (click here). They have been waiting all day for clarification
Portugal could take more than three years to recover jobs destroyed in pandemic
According to calculations made by Dinheiro Vivo on the basis of projections by the Bank of Portugal, three years minimum will be needed for the country to recover jobs lost
Covid round-up Portugal: second adolescent dies in less than a week
A second fatality between the ages of 10-19 has been registered in Portugal in less than a week. The first, in the north, was a 19-year-old girl with multiple pathologies.
New boss appointed for SEF border force in Portugal as reports denounce repeated beatings of immigrants
The furore over the murder of a Ukrainian father-of-two by SEF border police at Lisbon airport shows no signs of abating, with reports now coming thick and fast of a
Quickie Covid saliva tests arrive in Portugal on Monday
Quickie Covid saliva tests arrive in Portugal on Monday. With results in 15 minutes and a purported 98.2% accuracy, 35,000 will be available in pharmacies and clinics, reports Correio da
New Year in Portugal “cancelled”
New Year celebrations in Portugal have been cancelled. Making the announcement via videolink last night (as he himself is in prophylactic isolation click here) prime minister António Costa said: “Contrary
Portugal’s active cases continue to climb: vaccination programme brought forward
With all eyes on Christmas in just over a week’s time, and what Portugal will be allowed to do, latest Covid statistics bring a mixed bag of news, with another