Chinese buyers “flock to Lisbon” to beat deadline on sales awarding ‘golden visas’
Chinese buyers have been flocking to Lisbon to buy up property before the capital’s ‘golden visa’ programme is finally brought to a close. The South China Morning Post reports that
Faro unites in protest, calling for urgent government support
People from all walks of life protested in Faro this morning against the crippling State of Emergency restrictions that threaten to drag so many businesses into the brink. The ‘Pão
Police ‘control public transports’ sending people home without ‘proper justification’
SIC television has carried a report this lunchtime showing how police up and down the country are ‘controlling public transports’ checking that people travelling have the proper justification to do
Disquiet as Portuguese Attorney General demands ‘heads up’ over investigations into politicians
It’s an issue that has been described as “opening an authentic war within the Public Ministry”: Lucília Gago, the Portuguese Attorney General has issued a directive demanding that ‘high-profile investigations’
Marcelo warns of 3rd wave forecast between January and February
In a speech designed to (try and) unite the country in its gargantuan fight against Covid-19, President Marcelo has warned of a 3rd wave of the virus, forecast to come
Judges in Portugal highlight “more than debatable” reliability of Covid tests
With the country assailed daily by news of rising case numbers, judges in Lisbon have described the reliability of tests being rolled out in their tens of thousands as “more
Excess deaths over last month in Portugal: Less than half attributed to Covid
Another study on excess deaths in Portugal during the pandemic has indicated at the collateral damage of focus on Covid-19. Less than 47% of ‘the number of more than average
Friday 13th: new ‘record’ number of new infections, 69 deaths
Friday 13th has brought a ‘new record’ in the number of new infections in Portugal in the last 24-hour period, along with 69 further deaths. The crushing majority of new
“If nothing changes, Portugal on course for new confinement in December”
“If nothing changes in terms of virus numbers, deaths and pressure on hospitals, Portugal is on course for new confinement in December”, commentator Bernard Ferrão told SIC television news last
Portugal’s restaurants dub government’s compensation plan “surreal”
Restaurants caught by lunchtime lockdowns in the 191 boroughs affected by new restrictions have been quick to interpret the government’s ‘compensation plan’. They see the 20% calculation based on weekend