Portugal to become “powerful cluster of industrialisation in Europe”
Portugal’s strategy to overcome the crisis caused by the pandemic of Covid-19 is to transform the country into a “powerful cluster of industrialisation in Europe”. Minister for foreign affairs Augusto
Portugal set to weather “budgetary meltdown”caused by pandemic ‘better than most’
Portugal can’t escape the budgetary meltdown caused by Covid-19, but according to the European Commission it is set to weather the maelstrom better than most eurozone economies. Says Público today,
Beach ‘confusion’: what can we do, and what remains off-limits?
The move from State of Emergency to Situation of Calamity has created a number of grey areas, not least when it comes to the nation’s beaches. Some remain strictly off-limits,
Lisbon’s high-end property market set to weather Covid crisis with upward bounce
Lisbon’s prime residential property market is set to weather the crisis caused by Covid-19 with an upward bounce. Analysis by property specialists Knight Frank identifies Lisbon along with Monaco, Vienna
Beach restrictions lifted as Portugal eases back to work under ‘situation of calamity’
Port authorities are expected to remove ‘editais’ (notices) prohibiting groups of more than five people from going on the beach together. Under Portugal’s new ‘situation of calamity’, this number has
TAP staff appeal to government to step in and take control
Staff at financially-strapped airline TAP are appealing to the Portuguese government to step in and take control. Only last week infrastructures minister Pedro Nuno Santos suggested the government was preparing
First under-30s Covid death: young man from Bangladesh ‘with two underlying pathologies’
Portugal has registered its first ‘Covid death’ in a patient under the age of 30. The 29-year-old from Bangladesh had two underlying pathologies – one of them being high blood
Sardine fishermen win ‘bumper quota’ just as tourism plummets
Sardine fishermen have finally had their quotas increased. But the good news has been tainted by the realities of the pandemic. Will there be enough people now to eat all
Easyjet ‘can’t see any kind of return to business in Portugal till June’
Low-cost operator Easyjet can’t see any kind of return to business in Portugal till June – and even then it won’t be across the board. José Lopes, director of Easyjet
Covid-19 survivors encouraged to donate plasma to help save patients on critical list
As of this week, survivors of Covid-19 are being encouraged to take part in clinical trials involving the donation of plasma which will then be used to help treat patients