Only 0.6% of people infected with Covid-19 in Portugal have been hospitalised
With daily press briefings still ongoing over the epidemiological situation in Portugal, the truth is that only 0.6% of people infected with Covid-19 in Portugal have been hospitalised. It’s “a
Ryanair appeals to European Court of Justice to block state-aid for TAP
Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair is trying to stop the €1.2 billion in State ‘aid’ going to Portuguese airline TAP on the basis that it violates the principle of non-discrimination. Explain
PM marshalls troops to “Recover Portugal”
With September looming, PM António Costa is reported to be marshalling his troops to ‘Recover Portugal’ (Recuperar Portugal). This will be the new slogan for the months ahead in which
Here come the Brits!
Within hours of British travel restrictions on Portugal being lifted last Thursday, planes arriving in Faro airport were suddenly, miraculously ‘full’. The feeling in the air was of delight and
Forestry observatory pushing for change says ‘government not listening’
Forestry observers pushing for change in the way wildfires are handled say the government isn’t listening. Two years on from the creation of the Independent Technical Observatory – the brief
General Medical Council returns to batter the government
The General Medical Council has returned to ‘batter the government’ only 24-hours since a truce appeared to have been brokered with prime minister António Costa. The furore stirred up by
Monchique to launch ‘mobile animal rescue’ unit for emergencies
Monchique is to launch a mobile animal rescue unit for emergencies like fires, or any other ‘catastrophes’ that hit the hillside borough. Integrated within the municipality’s ‘Animal Seguro’ (Safe Animal)
Plan to ‘reanimate’ spa tourism: government creates working group
Energised with the idea of promoting any and all sectors of tourism, the government has come up with a plan to ‘re-animate’ spa tourism, which last year brought in €12
Brussels gives green light to Portugal for €5.9 billion in employment support
The first sign of the EU ‘funding bazooka’ designed to help Portugal through the after-effects of the pandemic was announced today, in the form of €5.9 billion by way of
New impulse given to Chinese-Portuguese economic relations
Despite all the early pandemic mutterings of Portugal’s need to reduce dependence on China, great space has been given this week to news of a ‘new impulse’ in Chinese-Portuguese relations.