Cargo ship sinks during rescue tow into Leixões
A cargo ship, carrying steel and bound for Seville, sank on Sunday as it was being towed into Leixões port. The 22-year-old Southwester, flying under a Vanuatu flag, started taking
State of Emergency: government can close roads and railway lines
With large parts of the country waking up today to the new reality of State of Emergency restrictions, national media is ‘catching up’ on the small print of what was
Protests in Porto as restaurateurs warn they won’t survive new State of Emergency measures
There are protests in Porto today as restaurateurs take to the streets in defiance of the new State of Emergency measures, locking down business in the city over the next
Football corruption probe sees new police swoop on Benfica stadium
PJ police have returned to ‘the home of Benfica’ – one of Portugal’s signature football clubs – for new ‘swoops’ this morning connected to long-running corruption probes. Explain reports, the
Health authorities in Portugal “prepare for 40% increase in hospital admissions next week”
SNS health authorities are described as “preparing for an increase of 40% in hospital admissions next week”. The news – coming in Público early this morning – preceded the latest
Portugal’s presidential elections: PS officially desists from fielding candidate
Just as was intimated months ago in the unlikely setting of an automotive assembly plant near Palmela, the PS (minority) government has stepped back from fielding a candidate to run
7.1 million Portuguese plunged into lunchtime lockdowns over next two weekends
7.1 million Portuguese in the 121 ‘Covid trouble-spot’ boroughs are to be ‘locked down’ from lunchtime on Saturday and Sunday for the next two weekends. This is perhaps the ‘toughest
Portugal registers 56 deaths and 6,640 new infections
It has been another ‘bleak day’ in the pandemic: 56 further deaths registered in the last 24-hours, along with 6,640 new infections – over half of them in the north.
Portugal’s 5G ‘auction’ rules published today: NOS joins Altice in shooting them down
Communications regulator ANACOM has finally published the rules for the ‘auction’ to attribute licences for 5G in Portugal – and straight away NOS has ridden into battle. Hitching itself up
Covid press conference cancelled as statistics point to new maximums
Friday’s habitual Covid press conference has been cancelled as statistics are being interpreted by the media as ‘new maximums’ in all the wrong departments. Another high number of deaths (52,