“Absence of specific vaccines” – experts lay-down what they think Portugal needs for 2022
Ahead of the Covid ‘status report’ meeting scheduled for tomorrow at Infarmed, specialists at the General Medical Council (Ordem dos Médicos) and IST (Superior Technical Institute of) Lisbon have laid
Ryanair flight to Faro forced to make emergency landing in France
A Ryanair flight to Faro last night was forced to make an emergency landing in France after a fire reportedly broke out on board. Flight FR4052 took off from Manchester
Hackers target Portugal’s Impresa group, taking major sites down
The websites of one of Portugal’s most prestigious newspapers and of a leading television broadcaster – both owned by the country’s largest media conglomerate Impresa – were brought down on
Government guarantees all teachers will receive boosters before school starts
With over 3 million citizens already ‘boosted’ with 3rd doses of vaccine (most of them over the age of 60), under secretary of state for health António Lacerda Sales has
João Rendeiro’s defence team bid for bail, accusing judge of being influenced by public opinion
The defence team of jailed ‘bankster’ João Rendeiro is bidding for bail, accusing the judge who refused it just before Christmas of having been “influenced by national and international press
Into the maroon – Covid risk matrix once again ‘threatened’
The rising number of SARS-CoV-2 infections (the vast majority of them completely benign) has taken Portugal’s risk matrix to new territory – threatening its make-up for a second time. After
Schools “will go back on January 10”, assures health secretary
After days of uncertainty, under secretary of state for health António Lacerda Sales has confirmed schools WILL be going back on January 10, in spite of sky-high cases of virus
Portuguese described as “one of Europe’s largest crypto-scammers” arrested in Valencia
A 45-year-old Portuguese man, described as “one of Europe’s largest cryptocurrency scammers”, has been arrested in Spain following an investigation involving Europol and tech investigators. The man, as yet unnamed,
Inflation accelerates to 2.8% in December
The rate of inflation in Portugal closed the year at 2.8%, 0.2% up on the rate registered in November. When it comes to certain products however, the rate is much
Portuguese environmentalists demand government position over European Commission’s “disastrous” position on natural gas and nuclear energy
Portuguese environmental association ZERO is demanding a government position over the “disastrous” proposal – published by the European Commission just before midnight on New Year’s Eve – to consider natural