Resident readers’ frustrations over Portugal’s exclusion from UK ‘air bridge’ listing aired on primetime TV
The frustrations of a couple of Portugal Resident readers over the UK’s deeply-damaging exclusion of Portugal from its list of ‘safe countries’ to travel to during the pandemic have been
PJ police search three wells in Vila do Bispo as new ‘revelations’ continue to focus on jailed pedophile
The weekend began with major news outlets focusing on new police searches down three remote wells for the body of Madeleine McCann. Over 13 years since the little girl went
New ‘air bridge confusion’: Portuguese arriving in UK ‘unchecked’ avoid quarantine
With so many efforts ongoing to reverse the catastrophic British decision to impose quarantine on anyone flying into UK from Portugal, Lusa news agency is reporting that several Portuguese emigrés
Dolphins delight in Tejo waters, thanks to pandemic
Thanks to the pandemic which has essentially stopped cruise ships and dramatically reduced passenger ferries from coming and going into the capital, dolphins are returning to the Tejo river. Says
Fire chief dies, another firefighter ‘seriously injured’ in blaze that ‘should have been easy’
An experienced fire chief died last night – and three other firefighters were injured, one of them seriously – in a blaze in the Serra de Lousã that ‘should have
BPP’s guilty bankers suddenly get jail terms… 10 years on
Two years ago, the ‘guilty bankers’ of BPP (Banco Privado Português) – one of the many banks that have collapsed in Portugal over the last decade or so – were
Academics in Britain query ‘science’ behind government decision to ‘blank’ Portugal
Academics in UK are querying the science behind the British government’s decision to blank quarantine-free travel to Portugal (click here). Lusa carries a number of opinions today from top figures
Recovery guru stresses “aggressive programme to avert collapse of healthy businesses” must be in place by September
The man chosen to map Portugal’s path to a better future has given some stark warnings this week. António Costa e Silva – whose ‘normal job’ sees him running oil
15,000 cancers likely to have been missed due to pandemic, warn GPs
Roughly 15,000 new cases of cancer will have been missed in the last few months due to the limitations on health services due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Grand Prix finally confirmed for Algarve… arriving in October
Almost a month since ‘A Bola’ sports newspaper broke the story that Portimão’s Algarve International Autodrome (AIA) would be hosting the first Formula One races in decades, the news has