Fuel crisis: Portugal’s PM to meet leaders of Spain, Italy, Greece
Meeting takes place on Friday ahead of regular EU summit The prime ministers of Portugal, Spain Italy and Greece will be meeting in Rome on Friday ahead of a regular
Portugal condemned for heartless sloppiness
European Court awards distraught father €26,000 over daughter’s disappearance 16 years ago The Portuguese State has been condemned to pay a distraught father €26,000 plus costs of €17,000 for the
Abramovich nationality probe: damning new statement
Sephardic Genealogical Society says it is “deeply embarrassed” As Roman Abramovich has discovered the sharp end of his acquired Portuguese and Israeli nationalities, the Sephardic Genealogical Society has delivered a
“No need for 4th dose of Covid vaccine”
Experts “guarantee”, says Expresso, “for the time being…” In what Expresso presents as an exclusive this morning, the paper’s online proclaims “Covid-19: DGS specialists guarantee there is no necessity for
Portugal registers major decline in industrial output
Brussels ‘downgrades’ optimism for eurozone economy 2022 Latest Eurostat figures have just shown that Portugal saw the second largest month-on-month and year-on-year declines in industrial production in the Eurozone in
Hospitality sector pins hopes on incoming Ukrainians
Refugees could be answer for some of the 15,000 shortfall in staffing levels Portugal’s hospitality association (AHP) admits there has been “some recovery” in the number of workers in the
Government studying support for vulnerable families
The government is studying a mechanism to support the country’s most vulnerable families from the price increases coming in food products. More details to emerge tomorrow. For now talk is
Portuguese military and ex-military “prohibited” from leaving for Ukraine under own steam
Defence minister João Gomes Gravinho has told journalists today that Portuguese military, past and present, are prohibited from leaving Portugal for Ukraine ‘under their own steam’ (ie voluntarily). Quizzed by
Ukraine war: “enormous costs to all of us”
President warns Portugal needs to maintain “courage and union” it showed during pandemic Today’s Council of State has ended with President Marcelo addressing the nation, warning of “the enormous costs
“Prospect of nuclear conflict now back in realm of possibilities”
In yet another speech warning of the dangers facing humanity, António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, has said that “the prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back