“Children cannot go on being subjected to radical measures” for sake of Covid-19, say pediatricians
“It’s not enough for children to survive the pandemic. They need to be protected from exaggerated and radical attitudes” that have transformed the way they used to be treated. This
“Atomic bomb” threatening Portugal’s financial system not so expertly defused…
Yesterday it was described as an atomic bomb for confidence in Portugal’s financial system, today it looked like it might have been defused. We’re talking about the surprise support by
Portugal’s restaurant bosses threaten hunger strike if Marcelo doesn’t deliver
Hundreds of desperate restaurant bosses, chefs, waiters, and many others connected to walks of life that feel ‘forgotten’ by the government in the maelstrom of the pandemic crisis demonstrated outside
Portugal’s State budget ‘cliffhanger’ resolved… by abstentions
Approval of Portugal’s State Budget for next year (OE2021) is assured later today in parliament due to minority party abstentions. The ‘cliffhanger’ over whether Socialists’ spending plans would receive sufficient
Presidential ‘outsider’ continues attacks on Marcelo
In this strangest of presidential ‘races’ – in which the front-runner still hasn’t admitted he’s even running – outsider Tiago Mayan Gonçalves has continued to make headlines. This is the
Lithium mining: minority MPs force government to perform ‘strategic environmental impact assessment’ in Portugal
Ongoing ‘deliberations’ on the State Budget for 2021 (OE2021) have seen minority MPs push the government into agreeing to a strategic environmental impact study, at national level, for all mining
Montijo airport: hope at last for anti-campaigners who say plan is utter madness
Hope has come at last for the myriad campaigners fighting plans for a new airport at Montijo Air Base (on the south bank of the Tejo below Lisbon). The consequences
Hundreds expected in new protest in Lisbon today as restaurants fight for survival
Hundreds of people are expected to join a new protest in front of the parliamentary building in Lisbon today as restaurants ‘fight for survival’ in the face of restrictions brought
Portuguese in UK hear 14-day quarantine for flights home to be lifted for Christmas
Portuguese living in UK – as well as family members of British expat residents – heard this week that quarantine will be lifted in two weeks time, opening travel to
Lowest number of new virus cases in Portugal for 13 days
Today’s Covid numbers show not only that new case numbers are progressively coming down, but that Portugal has tallied the lowest number of new cases (3,919) in the last 13