Olhão mayor ‘grilled’ in television exposé on Armona island’s threatened demolitions
Olhão mayor António Pina has been ‘grilled’ on national television over his potential responsibility for the threatened demolition of 144 homes on Armona island. An exposé by CMTV (owned by
Death of six-year-old child: Infarmed confirms notification of suspicion of adverse reaction to vaccine
The death of a six-year-old boy in Lisbon on Sunday following “notification of a suspected adverse reaction” to the Covid vaccine is under investigation. Medicines authority Infarmed has said: “We
João Rendeiro’s South African lawyer focuses on fighting extradition
Due to appear in court in South Africa on Friday – for a first extradition hearing – jailed Portuguese former ‘bankster’ João Rendeiro is determined to fight every step of
Portugal’s R number falls yet again as experts ‘divided’ over peak
Portugal’s R number – the indication of how many people a positive case of SARS-CoV-2 will go on to infect – has dropped yet again in another day in which
“It’s important to free children; leave them in peace at school”, urges child psychiatrist
Child psychiatrist Pedro Caldeira da Silva has defended the urgent need to “find a way of freeing children” from the damaging psychology perpetuated through the pandemic. It’s very important, he
ZERO wants to “reduce dependence on log fires” in Portugal
Environmental association ZERO wants to reduce dependence on log fires in Portugal, saying they cause air pollution. The call comes as the next few days are due to be
Two weeks of election campaigning have begun
Two weeks of election campaigning have begun, with all parties in the ‘race’ to convince a surprising number of ‘undecided’ electorate that they are the answer busy in various quarters
Authorities ‘locate’ suspect in murder case without complete body
Authorities have managed to locate one of the suspects in the gruesome Matosinhos murder case (in which only the head of the victim was ever found). Waseem Haider, 34, was
Booster campaign to ‘accelerate’ through cohorts
Portugal is accelerating its booster campaign, in a bid to reach everyone over the age of 18 as quickly as possible. Reports explain that for the time being only
Plum job for ‘vaccine shamed’ councillor
Carlos Castro, a former Lisbon city councillor who resigned after being caught out in the early days of ‘Covid vaccine queue jumping’ has been hired, without recourse to public competition