Contagion: why the Portuguese ‘miracle’ appears to have come crashing down
In the space of a few short weeks in which the country has been slowly ‘reopening’, Portugal’s image as ‘an example of how to deal with the pandemic’ appears to
New bank collapses ‘could be on the way’, warns central bank
New bank collapses could be on the way, Portugal’s central bank has warned, unless Member States act together to stem the effects of the Covid pandemic on the financial sector.
Brits may not get ‘air bridge’ agreement to fly to Portugal this summer
Brits may not get the vital and long-promised ‘air bridge’ agreement to take their holidays in Portugal this summer. Despite all the efforts made by the tourism sector, the rise
Families lose everything as Algarve suffers first major fire of 2020
Just before lunchtime last Friday, a man strimming scrubland in Vilarinha (a hamlet on the rural Costa Vicentina midway between Sagres and Aljezur) inadvertently started the worst forest fire the
Government accused of rushing through 16 mining contracts ahead of new law
An investigation by Público has revealed that – despite what it may have said earlier this year – the government has actually gone ahead and signed 16 contracts with mining
State of Calamity with new restrictions for 15 Lisbon parishes
Prime minister António Costa has emerged from the five-hour-long meeting with several mayors and health officials today with a list of ‘changes’ coming into place in Greater Lisbon from midnight
Marquês lawyers claim trial of former PM José Sócrates et al ‘illegal’
It’s being called ‘a bombshell’: today, as the instruction phase of the massive case against former prime minister José Sócrates and various associates resumes in Lisbon, defence lawyers for one
Aljezur fire now in ‘conclusion’ phase as communities rally
The so-called Aljezur fire, which actually blazed through 2,200 hectares on Friday and Saturday straddling three separate municipalities (click here), is finally in its ‘conclusion phase’. Hundreds of firefighters are
Lisbon’s ‘future’ under discussion as hundreds of young people defy health advice
Lisbon’s future in the ongoing context of Covid-19 infections is now in the balance after a nightmare weekend in which hundreds of young people defied health authority advice and came
Gulbenkian ‘art broker’ in Tires jail awaiting extradition to UK
Angela Gulbenkian – wife of the great-grand nephew of legendary philanthropic businessman Calouste Gulbenkian – is currently being held in Tires women’s prison in Lisbon following the emission of an