Portugal’s hospital admissions continue to grow as number of new Covid infections ‘stabilises’
Good news and bad over the last 24-hour period tracking the development of Covid-19 in Portugal: the number of new cases appears to have ‘stabilised’, again coming in below the
Portugal’s PM in make-or-break meeting with left-wingers pre budget debate
PM António Costa is meeting today with left-wingers PAN, BE (Bloco Esquerda) and PCP (communists) – the principal group that helped PS Socialists ‘grab power’ in the inconclusive 2015 elections:
Terror group ‘bomb factory’ dismantled in Portugal
A combined operation by Portuguese and Spanish police has dismantled a terror group bomb factory in Coimbra. Progress in rounding up members of the Galician Resistance has been ongoing since
Rescue attempts sadly fail to save beached whale in Aveiro
A 13-metre whale discovered ‘beached’ on the banks of Aveiro river on Monday morning was sadly pronounced dead today after locals and various authorities battled in vain to keep him
Five-year-old sees mother gunned down in Portugal by former lover
A five-year-old has become the latest minor caught up in an extreme case of domestic violence: this time the death of her 29-year-old mother in Salvaterra de Magos. Cláudia Gomes
Couple “invents four children”, raking in over €37,000 from Social Security
A couple from Braga has been accused of inventing four children in order to receive over €37,000 in Social Security payments. The duo is also accused of actually ‘stealing’ from
President does his bit for Portugal, naked from waist up
In a strange exhibition of flesh this morning President Marcelo did a lot more than roll up his sleeves to try and encourage fellow citizens to get their annual flu
Covid latest Portugal: 17 deaths in last 24-hours. Further spike in hospital admissions
Portugal’s struggle with the virus has seen a further 17 deaths in the last 24-hour period, with a further spike in hospital admissions. That said, a positive spin on today’s
F1 tickets returned as cancellations further batter struggling Algarve
Portimão’s ‘F1 Heineken Grand Prix Portugal’ promised “at least €30 million” for the local economy and 5000 spectators when it was confirmed in a rush of enthusiasm in July (click
Overworked doctors “refuse to take responsibility for any mistakes”
The independent syndicate of doctors syndicate (SIM) is advising its members to present ‘declarations of exclusion of responsibility for clinical errors’ to heads of department. As nationally ‘corona-fever’ is whipped