Portugal is “only country on UK travel blacklist” where virus numbers fall below EU average
… But still there is no let up in the strict policy of British holidaymakers to Portugal requiring to go into self-isolation for 14 days on their return home. The
PSP slaps Público with criminal complaint over cartoon
PSP police have announced a criminal complaint against Público newspaper for an illustration it carried on the front page of its satirical supplement “Inimigo Público” (Public Enemy). The cartoon, created
Water in Portugal’s rivers ‘losing quality’ due to drought and monocultures
APA has sounded the alert – coincidentally shortly after ‘experts’ published an opinion article on a similar ‘danger’: the quality of Portugal’s water is under threat, and it’s not just
Moroccan migrants arrested after going on rampage in SEF detention centre
Eleven of the Morrocan ‘migrants’ awaiting deportation after entering Portugal illegally were arrested yesterday after going on the rampage in a SEF detention centre. The young men – part of
Maddie suspect’s lawyer says case against client built “from worst witness you can get”
The German lawyer of Maddie suspect Christian Brückner says the case against his client appears to have been built on testimony from the “worst witness you can get”. Talking exclusively
Over 20 people infected in Portuguese bar… in UK
So far 22 people have been confirmed positive for Covid-19 as a result of visiting a picturebook ‘Portuguese’ pub in Staffordshire, England. Publican Custódio Pinto has taken to Facebook to
Marcelo calls for “intelligence” after ‘far right’ group threatens activists and MPs
President Marcelo has stepped into the gathering hysteria over emails sent to anti-racism activists and three MPs telling them to ‘leave the country within 48-hours’ or face measures against them
Events sector stages emotive appeal in Terreiro do Paço
The virus-battered events sector staged an emotive light show appealing for support in iconic Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon, on Tuesday evening. The sense of raw desperation felt by so many
Marcelo promises to visit every borough of the Algarve to stimulate tourism
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was back in the Algarve again this week on his seemingly indefatigable campaign to boost people’s spirits. In a year in which the region’s
Poland joins list of countries lifting travel restrictions over Portugal
Poland has become the latest European country to lift travel restrictions over Portugal. Says a communique coming out of the MNE (ministry of foreign affairs), Poland “thus joins Greece, the