EDP corruption case “delayed indefinitely by higher court”
The much-trumpeted EDP ‘corruption case’ – involving a former minister and the two head honchos of EDP itself- has been indefinitely delayed by the Constitutional Court, to the point, that
Parliament begins debate on next year’s State Budget
Finance minister João Leão delivered his first budget to parliament this week, stressing it doesn’t bring austerity or add further crisis to the crisis we’re already experiencing. In his opinion
Government’s plan to make StayAway Covid App compulsory “grotesque antidemocratic intrusion”
The government’s move to make the health authority’s StayAway Covid contract tracing app ‘mandatory’ has been labelled a “grotesque antidemocratic intrusion”. Digital protection association Associação D3 is considering a legal
Covid ‘panic’: Algarve has lowest transmission rate in mainland Portugal
As every region of the country has been ‘press-ganged’ into a State of Calamity – irrespective of rates of infection or serious consequences suffered – the truth about areas like
Open letter to health minister: “There is no tragedy greater than this”
Five former presidents of the general medical council have joined the entity’s current leader in an open letter written to health minister Marta Temida urging her to change the strategy
Novo Banco needs another €476 million, but this time ‘the banks will pay’
Novo Banco and its crippling losses continue to weigh on the Portuguese economy. But for the sake of a budget that doesn’t funnel more state aid Novo Banco’s way, the
Portugal’s Champalimaud Foundation partners Chinese university to ‘investigate cancer’
Portugal’s Champalimaud Foundation has signed a groundbreaking partnership deal with China’s Shandong Medical University designed to create the world’s first institute dedicated to immunotechnology – an investment that promises to
Portugal and Spain present ‘joint recovery’ approach to Brussels
To the delight of thousands, Portuguese PM António Costa and Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanches pledged last weekend to maintaining open frontiers, in spite of the pandemic’s rising case numbers. But
Almost half Portugal’s endemic plants face extinction
Of the 110 species of plants that can only be found on mainland Portugal, 53 are facing extinction. This is one of the “most worrying” details of the latest ‘Red
Portugal’s State Budget “doesn’t bring austerity or add crisis to crisis”
Finance minister João Leão has delivered his first budget to parliament, telling journalists it doesn’t bring austerity or add further crisis to the crisis we’re already experiencing. Say reports, in