January 5 could be day first Portuguese receive Covid vaccine
January 5 is the date suggested by prime minister António Costa today for the first Portuguese to start receiving their Covid vaccines. Talking at the end of the European Council
Gulbenkian art broker ‘was imprisoned illegally in Portugal’, say judges
Angela Gulbenkian, the German ‘art broker’ sprung from a jail cell by Interpol last week and flown to a court hearing in UK should not have been in jail at
Covid ‘swings and roundabouts’ as Portugal closes in on festive D-day
With Portugal eight days from the moment where the government will decide if it can open the country up for Christmas, the data is ‘up and down’. The number of
Portugal blocks 3,600 tons of Italian rubbish – but gets left holding the tab
After the hue and cry (not to mention stink) generated by Portugal’s continued importation of ‘other countries’ rubbish’ (click here), the government has blocked a shipment of 3,600 tons of
Portugal aims to vaccinate “50% to 70% of population vaccine by end of spring”
Portugal is aiming to vaccinate 50,000 people a day from the beginning of January. Says vaccination programme coordinator Francisco Ramos, the ‘best case scenario’ is for 50% to 70% of
Portugal’s border police force faces “dismantling” following beating to death of Ukrainian national
Nine months after a Ukrainian father-of-two was beaten to death at a SEF border guard facility in Lisbon airport it seems more than likely that the whole structure will be
Portugal intent on ‘rolling out red carpet’ to Brits after Brexit no matter what EU Covid rules imply
UK papers are warning today that UK holidaymakers could be barred from EU countries after the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31. This is so ‘academic’ as
Portugal’s minimum wage: government proposes €665
Today’s the day for setting next year’s minimum wage in Portugal – a salary that in the European scheme of things is pretty much in the middle. We have 11
Interpol and Portuguese police effect extradition of jailed Gulbenkian art broker in ‘wee small hours’ ahead of bid for freedom
Interpol and Portuguese police appear to have moved in at the 11th hour to extradite a German art broker from the powerful Gulbenkian family to the United Kingdom. Held in
Almost 60% of Portuguese suffer pay cuts of around 20% due to pandemic
Almost 60% of Portuguese are struggling to pay bills due to cuts in pay or income caused by the pandemic. A study published this week and taken between August and









