Make-or- ‘brake’ week starts with lowest Covid case numbers in fortnight
The week in which prime minister António Costa has guaranteed he will ‘pull the handbrake on Christmas concessions’ if he has to has started with the lowest number of new
Portugal’s president makes late night phone call to ‘hero dad’
Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa surprised a hero last night, hours after he leapt into the freezing waters of the Tejo river in central Lisbon to save a drowning
Extinction of Portugal’s SEF border police force stirs up hornet’s nest of controversy
The ‘extinction of SEF border police force’ as a result of hideously thuggish behaviour is generating a veritable hornet’s nest of controversy. Observers suggest it could even see the downfall
Portugal registers over three Covid deaths every hour
Since the beginning of this month Portugal has been registering an average of 3.4 deaths from Covid-19 every hour. This is one of the dismal headlines today as Sunday’s figures
Prison guard is suspect in horrific Évora hit-and-run that killed PSP agent
A 45-year-old PSP agent was killed last night in Évora after going to the aid of a woman reportedly being attacked by her partner in the street. Father-of-two António José
Abandoned animals: pandemic has made situation in Portugal “much worse”
The Covid pandemic has taken its toll on Portugal’s cats and dogs, seeing many more abandoned this year than last. According to a report by Jornal de Notícias, the problem
Portugal’s Christmas plans “could see Covid mortality skyrocket”
New studies flagged by the media today warn Portugal’s Christmas plans could see Covid mortality skyrocket. Expresso carries a full page under the grim headline: “Without care at Christmas, an
More than a third of Portuguese “don’t want Covid vaccination”
More than a third of Portuguese quizzed have said ‘they don’t want to be vaccinated against Covid-19’. This is the message coming from a study undertaken by Eurosondagem for onlines
TAP ‘could need €3.7 billion by 2024’, reveals minister
With the government’s restructuring plan for TAP now formally presented to parliament, infrastructures minister Pedro Nuno Santos has admitted that the ‘global’ cost of bailing out the country’s flagship airline
Covid update Portugal: new spike in deaths and cases
Just as Portugal is gearing up for an ‘almost normal’ Christmas in terms of mobility and restrictions on families meeting, new numbers threaten to put a major spanner in the