Around 40,000 children who received first dose of Covid vaccine unable to receive second on time, due to becoming infected
The coming weekend is the next ‘big moment’ in Portugal’s programme for vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against Covid-19, and by all accounts, very few will be turning up.
Absolute majority! Portugal votes in four more years of Socialism
PS Socialists and their leader prime minister António Costa received the best election results they could have hoped for on Sunday night – an absolute majority, taking the party into
Lithium tenders to move forwards in six of the eight areas identified, majority in Guarda region
It took less than two days since winning the elections for the government to confirm that it is moving forwards with its plans for lithium mining in Portugal. The good
Over 8,000 fewer deaths in January than same month last year: time to shed restrictions, say experts
For all the focus on daily Covid bulletins and rising case numbers, the reality is that there were over 8,000 fewer deaths this January than recorded in the same month
A desperate Finalgarve tries to throw a late spanner into the works
Dear Editor and wider readership Following the extraordinarily successful and overwhelmingly positive Public Consultation undertaken last month to make the Lagoa Dos Salgados area near Armação da Pêra a Natural
Portugal’s Swedish NHR pensioners get the bad news
Swedish pensioners enjoying minimal taxation in Portugal due to the NHR (non-habitual residency) regime heard this week that their perks are over. The Swedish government has been pressing Portugal for
Six-year-old’s death post-vaccine was “not due to vaccine”, says institute of legal medicine
The death of a six year old boy a few days after he received his first dose of Covid vaccine (click here) was not due to the vaccine, reports affirm
PJ police seize all goods of value at Rendeiro mansion
The PJ police have today officially taken possession of all goods of value at the mansion home of former BPP banker João Rendeiro, currently in a South African jail fighting
Momentary shock as obsolete Praia Grande tourism project ‘comes back from the dead’
There has been a moment of shock this week as the obsolete and much-derided coastal development project along Praia Grande in Silves – excluded to make way for a nature
Covid vaccine for under 5s ‘could be available in February’
This headline is a direct translation of a news item carried by Lusa news agency today, reporting on the wider news from the United States that Pfizer/ BioNTech could be