Algarve hotels ready to offer employment and accommodation for refugee Ukrainian families
Every hour new stories of solidarity and solutions to the growing refugee problem resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appear in the Portuguese press. Now Algarve hotels are reported to
Left Bloc MP faces legal action over “fanciful and false” statements
Mariana Mortágua claims “Russian millionaires continue to be protected by Portuguese government…” PJ judicial police “are helping locate assets that Russian oligarchs have in Portugal so that the State can
“Sanctions are similar to a declaration of war”, says Putin
Russian president Vladimir Putin is credited with having said that ‘sanctions are similar to a declaration of war’. The statement came during a meeting he was having with female cabin
Beira Alta railway line closed for ‘modernisation’ … for nine months
The Beira Alta railway line, connecting Pampilhosa to Vilar Formoso, will be closed to rail traffic from April 19 for an estimated period of nine months as part of the
Number of Portuguese lawyers ready to act pro-bono for Ukrainian refugees tops 1,200
As of early this morning, there are now more than 1,200 lawyers willing to offer services pro-bono to Ukrainian refugees arriving in Portugal. The list of names is with the
Diesel price increase ‘worse than predicted’: Autovoucher extends to €20 per month
The cost of a litre of diesel in Portugal won’t be going up by 14 cents on Monday; it will be going up by 19 cents, writes Correio da Manhã
Two in every three Portuguese are overweight
Another clear indication for why SARS-CoV-2 carried off so many victims in ‘affluent countries’ is the fact that two in every three citizens in Portugal are either overweight, or obese.
BES/ Marquês judge back home following heart surgery
Judge Ivo Rosa, the man in charge of some of the hottest corruption cases in Portuguese history is ‘on the mend’ following emergency heart surgery and expected to be back
Durão Barroso warns: “We can’t exclude anything with Putin”
In a fascinating interview with former European Commission president Durão Barroso in Expresso this week, the one-time PSD prime minister of Portugal explains that the West sorely underestimated Russian president
20% of hairdressers and barbers closed doors definitively during confinement
Around 20% of hairdressers, barbers shops and beauticians closed their doors definitively during Portugal’s first period of confinement The Portuguese association of babers, hairdressers and beauticians has said it fears