Novo Banco back in spotlight for suspected ‘dirty dealing’
Novo Banco – the bank costing Portuguese taxpayers a small fortune – is back in the spotlight this week for suspicions of distinctly dirty dealing. Público broke the story yesterday
Madeira orders face masks to be worn in street
Madeira has become the first Portuguese region to order the wearing of face masks in the street. An island on which there are currently only eight cases of Covid-19 and
Madeleine McCann investigation moves to Hanover
Following recent searches in Portugal of rural wells in Vila do Bispo, the re-energised hunt for answers in the mystery of what happened to Madeleine McCann has now moved on
British golfers join calls for air bridge to Portugal
A survey of UK golfers has highlighted that eight out of 10 (82%) think the UK Government should “immediately create an air-bridge with Portugal”. Nearly seven out of 10 golfers
State of Calamity ‘likely to be lifted’ in Lisbon on Thursday
The State of Calamity in 19 Greater Lisbon parishes is due to be lifted on Thursday – and will pass to the more relaxed ‘State of Contingency’ currently in force
New government support for ailing businesses secures jobs till December
New government support for ailing businesses is to kick in next week as the ‘simplified lay-off scheme’ draws to a close. The plan – finalised in Monday’s extraordinary meeting of
Spain’s decision to prolong life of ‘obsolete’ nuclear plant close to Portugal ‘a heightened risk’
Spain’s decision to prolong the life of an ‘obsolete nuclear plant’ at on the river Tejo at Almaraz, just 100 kms from the Portuguese border, represents a heightened risk for
Tourism recovery “will take minimum three to five years”, admits Pestana CEO
The recovery of tourism in Portugal – to the kind of levels seen in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – will take a minimum of three to five years. CEO of
TAP planning 500 flights per week in August
Promising a ‘Clean&Safe’ environment for passengers, Portuguese airline TAP has announced that it is slowly returning to schedules with 500 flights due per week in August, connecting to destinations in
“Extraordinarily large, extraordinarily complex’ Oleiros fire finally ‘dominated’
There is still a long way to go, but last weekend’s ‘extraordinarily large, extraordinarily complex’ killer blaze that started in Oleiros has finally been dominated. It caused the death of