Europe brainstorms over path back to mutual tourism
With countries like Portugal hemorrhaging money due to the collapse of tourism, yesterday’s meeting of European ministers was crucial. Said head of diplomacy Augusto Santos Silva, this was “the moment
Restaurants call for extended lay-off till next Easter
Restaurants are calling for a form of ‘extended lay-off’ until next Easter. They may have returned to business at 50% capacity yesterday, but few of them are expecting streams of
Owners of ‘forgotten’ bars and discos desperate to be heard
Owners of ‘forgotten’ bars and discos – fully aware now that they don’t even feature in the government’s phased return to business – are desperate to be heard. They want
Lawyers indignant as tax authority probes VIPs who took fiscal amnesties
Law firms are indignant as the AT tax authority has started asking inconvenient questions to high-flyers who took advantage of fiscal amnesties to bring money back to Portugal over a
Portugal (finally) calls halt to importation of foreign rubbish
Portugal has finally seen the light when it comes to its policy of importing foreign trash. Local fury over the thousands of tons of refuse transported regularly into national landfills
Heartbreak in Tavira as yet another child violently beaten by father
A week after the horrific story of Valentina Fonseca – beaten to death by her own father – another heartbreaking story of child abuse has hit the headline, this time
Another half million go back to work today, but no joy for gyms, bars and discos
Another half million people will be back at their places of work today as many restaurants, cafés, creches and schools reopen their doors. Driving schools too have been given the
Beach list of “do’s and don’ts” less strict than feared
PM António Costa has finally rolled out the definitive list of beach ‘do’s and don’ts’ for this extraordinary virus-blighted summer. Says Expresso, “the rules are not as strict as people
Limits on restaurants “ideally only till June 1” says PM
Launching the second phase – due to start on Monday – of Portugal’s ‘reopening for business’, prime minister António Costa has revealed the 50% limit on capacity imposed on restaurants
Large part of Portugal’s ‘pandemic field hospitals’ “never used”
The good news of the second week since emerging from lockdown is the fact that “a large part” of the field hospitals created in Portugal to take in victims of