PCP leader Jerómino de Sousa receives emergency op
Leader of the PCP communist party Jerónimo Sousa is in hospital today for emergency surgery for carotid artery stenosis – a condition which involves the narrowing of large arteries on
“Parents lost their children, but the court thinks it’s normal” – outrage follows Commando trial verdict
Shock, outrage and a flurry of appeals have followed yesterday’s verdict in the trial of 19 members of the Commandos special forces unit, cited in the horrific deaths of two
Commandos trial sees three soldiers handed suspended jail terms, 16 absolved
The long drawn-out trial of various commandos cited over the agonising deaths in 2016 of two young recruits has ended today with three receiving suspended jail terms, and 16 being
Major spike in hospital admissions as virus incidence climbs to 3,204.4 per 100,000 citizens
There has been a major spike today in the numbers of people being admitted to hospital in Portugal for complications as a result of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2. 139 people
Plans to ‘let out the isolated’ to vote to involve setting aside “one or two hours” at end of polling day
As the government ponders how best to ensure citizens isolated over polling day due to testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, or being ‘contacts of high risk’, can still exercise their Constitutional
“Lithium is not the answer”, specialist alerts
Another voice has spoken out against the government plan to excavate vast swathes of heritage landscape in the rush to mine lithium. And this voice is not simply concerned with
Suspension of passenger flights with South Africa lifted
Member States of the European Union have today lifted the suspension of flights with South Africa brought in a (fruitless) attempt to stem the spread of the Omicron variant. This
Widow wins septicemia claim
The Supreme Court of Justice has ruled in favour of the widow and family of a Covilhã man who went to hospital because of back pain (due to an accident
Portugal “continues to purchase energy powered by coal”
Portugal may have stopped producing electrical energy powered by the burning of coal (an ‘advance’ for which there was much self-congratulation) – but it continues to import energy from countries
Latest suspect in Madeleine disappearance “has solid alibi”…
German prosecutors who almost two years ago claimed to have ‘solved the Madeleine case’ – the disappearance of British three year old Madeleine McCann while on holiday in the Algarve