Government cuts taxes on fuel: diesel to rise 16 cents on Monday; petrol 11 cents
No news is good news, and in this is a case in point: the government’s efforts to throttle back on taxes levied on fuel will STILL see massive increases at
Portugal on brink of food emergency
War in Ukraine will see prices in supermarkets increase by 20-30% within days: food bank fears total collapse of social system The war in Ukraine; the galloping increases it has
Porto hospital receives 1st Ukrainian patient
Poly-traumatised patient will need “several operations” A poly-traumatised Ukrainian patient who arrived at São João Hospital in Porto on Thursday “is stable” but will need “several operations”, hospital officials said
Portugal’s Russian golden visa ‘scam’
Expresso lifts lid on how oligarchs can wriggle round ‘the rules’ and European sanctions São Cristóvão e Neves (better known to Brits as Saint Kitts) is a dual-island nation in
Ryanair suffers new setback
Portugal’s Court of Appeal rules employee’s sacking was illegal: all salaries must be paid, with interest Low-cost airline Ryanair has suffered a new setback in the Portuguese courts. Portugal’s Court
GNR agents filmed ‘torturing’ Odemira immigrants face trial
The seven GNR agents accused of torturing a group of immigrant agricultural workers are to be tried for abuse of power, kidnap and grevious bodily harm. The men have been
4,600 and counting: the number of Ukrainians so far conceded temporary protection in Portugal
Up until today, when the first flight of Ukrainians airlifted from Poland was received by the President of the Republic and other dignitaries, more than 4,600 Ukrainian citizens have been
“Obrigado, obrigado!” Exhausted but delighted 267 Ukrainians received by President Marcelo at Figo Maduro airport
With Ukrainian refugees being brought to Portugal by volunteers in cars and vans, the first to come by air touched down in Figo Maduro airport to be greeted by President
Abramovich’s Portuguese nationality ‘safe’… for now
The Justice ministry has said that, for now, it will not be removing Portuguese citizenship from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. In a statement sent to Reuters today, the Ministry explained
Sixth Covid wave forecast
Superior Technical Institute says pandemic in Portugal “aggravating significantly” Just as the country received another positive Covid daily bulletin; just as the DGS finally agreed there is no need to