StayAway virus app due to be rolled out by end of month
Portugal’s Covid-tracking app is due to be ready at the end of this month. The ‘StayAway’ app has been developed by INESC TEC (the institute of systems and computers, technology
Leader of trafficking group with over 1000 victims “lived in Portugal”
Spanish police have dismantled an international people-trafficking gang that will have moved around 1000 victims through Europe, the majority women and children. Twelve people have been arrested, including the network’s
Former minister tries to pay his way out of BPN jail term
Former health minister Arlindo de Carvalho is back in the news this week for allegedly trying to pay his way out of a six-year jail term for fraud in the
State coffers “could be emptier than feared” says public finance chief
State coffers in Portugal “could be emptier than feared” due to the coronavirus outbreak. Nazaré Costa Cabral, President of the Council of Public Finances, founded the alert during an online
Virus spike: Portugal ranks as EU country with second highest number of new cases in last 14 days
It’s a ranking the country didn’t need: in the last 14 days Portugal has been declared the EU member state with the second highest number of new cases of Covid-19.
Thousands of Portuguese have arrived in Algarve
Thousands of Portuguese have arrived in the Algarve for the so-called ‘mini-férias’ (mini-holidays) that resulted from back-to-back Public Holidays yesterday and today. Most of the new arrivals have taken tomorrow
“Time to wake up”: President says Portugal has to face reality
Commemorating ‘Portugal Day’ yesterday in this surreal pandemic year, President Marcelo’s message was that it is time for the country to ‘wake up’ and face the new reality the pandemic
“Maddie is dead”, say German police, “but we need evidence”
In another crazy week of revelations, the Algarve has found itself back in the media spotlight over the 13-year-old mystery of what happened to Madeleine McCann. Everything suggests police will
Algarve and Alentejo heading for ‘mere State of Alert’
PM Costa has outlined the next steps in Portugal’s return to ‘quasi-normality’. The current State of Calamity will continue to the end of the month at which point the country
Portugal’s ‘financial Ronaldo’ quits the government
It has been a day of sweeping changes in Portugal’s government. As the Council of Ministers approved the Supplementary Budget to face-up to the coronavirus crisis, finance minister Mário Centeno