US tech expert turned under secretary of State in Portugal to press anti-Huawei in 5G campaign
On an intense European ‘tour’ of countries pushing his administration’s anti-China agenda, US tech expert turned under-secretary of State for economic growth Keith Krach is in Lisbon today following the
Portugal can be the guide for our future, says European Commission President
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen alighted in Portugal this week to accompany PM António Costa’s presentation of national plans for ‘recovery’. Her arrival could not have been more
Defence ministry ‘cleans up language of Armed Forces’
The defence ministry wants to clean up language commonly used in the Armed Forces. The idea is to become ‘more politically correct’/ inclusive/ gender neutral and respectful of women (although
Government delays lithium auction to hold ‘strategic environmental evaluation’
The race to attribute concessions for lithium mining has been temporarily halted as the government undertakes ‘strategic environmental evaluation’. Environment minister João Pedro Matos Fernandes pledged in Lisbon yesterday that
Durão Barroso “unanimously approved” as new president of global vaccine alliance
Durão Barroso, the PSD prime minister who left Portugal to head up the European Commission has been ‘unanimously approved’ to take over the presidency of global vaccine alliance GAVI, which
€50 million available in discounts to power low-season tourism
Discounts of up to €50 million have been put in motion for multiple sectors within the tourism industry. Part of the government’s new measures announced yesterday to help bolster the
Young scientists create app to detect Covid symptoms in elderly
An inspirational group of young scientists at the New University of Lisbon has created a new app capable of detecting the symptoms of Covid-19 in an elderly person. The idea
Debt-ridden TAP reaches deal with Airbus to delay delivery of 15 new planes
Debt-ridden airline TAP – which has just announced yet further multi-million euro losses – is reported to have reached a deal with Airbus to delay delivery of 15 new planes.
Simplified layoff rehashed to save battered tourism sector
Economy minister Pedro Siza Vieira has announced the ‘rehash’ of simplified layoff for businesses still badly affected by the ‘crisis’ caused by the pandemic. These are in the main businesses
Six years for Air Force mess corruption ‘mastermind’
A Major-General in the Air Force was handed a six-year jail term last Friday for being the mastermind of a massive food supply fraud. For roughly five years from 2011-2016