Crisis more than Covid is keeping Portugal’s emigrés away
“More than the fear of catching Covid-19” is the crisis that Portuguese emigrés are living through right now, and for this reason, the country is not expecting many of them
Fingers crossed in Portugal as EU leaders gather for ‘crunch summit’ in Brussels
Fingers are tightly crossed in Portugal today that the first face-to-face summit of EU leaders in months will manage to agree on a post-coronavirus economic recovery package. Reports stress the
Portugal enters wildfire “Situation of Alert” from midnight tonight
With stultifying temperatures forecast to continue into the weekend, the ministries for interior administration and environment have ‘declared a situation of alert’ for the entire country from midnight tonight. For
Covid “StayAway” app to be rolled out in August. Registration voluntary.
Today’s Council of Ministers has approved the rolling out of a ‘contact-tracing’ smartphone App to start functioning ‘at some point in August’. A pilot-scheme started today, and will run for
Former finance minister starts work as Governor of Bank of Portugal on Monday
Mário Centeno has ‘done it’. Despite the howls about ‘conflict of interest’, the attempt at a legal embargo (click here), the former Socialist finance minister will have his feet under
Marcelo dubs ‘mega-cases’ like BES “good news”
It’s a strange way to classify endless law cases centring on apparent institutional corruption, but President Marcelo has dubbed as “good news” the fact that his long-standing friend and former
China blocks imports of Portuguese lamb and ‘related produce’
On the pretext of advice from the World Health Organisation, China has suddenly blocked all imports of Portuguese lamb, mutton and ‘related produce’. Lusa confirms that a diplomatic source has
Renewed Home Office funding for Maddie search as Germans admit inquiries into latest suspect may be dropped
After all the media hullabaloo, and news of renewed searches in the 13-year hunt for missing Madeleine McCann, German authorities appear to be admitting they may drop their inquiries into
Air bridge fiasco
Last week it was the UK government that plunged our tourist industry into chaos by refusing to grant a ‘quarantine-free’ air bridge for holidaying nationals. This week, the damage has
“Portugal can’t take another lockdown”: PM warns “time to prepare for winter very short”
Portugal can’t take another lockdown, yet the time to prepare for whatever comes this winter is “very short”. This was the message today from prime minister António Costa as he