21 deaths mark Christmas and New Year ‘safe travel’ campaigns
The GNR’s Christmas and New Year ‘safe travel’ campaigns have closed with a total of 21 deaths, 4,365 accidents, 80 serious injuries and 1,182 light injuries. More than 1,200 people
“Courage!”: 31 ‘personalities’ call for new left-wing alliance to give Portugal the stability it needs
With tomorrow signalling the moment ‘politics’ will grab centre-stage in the run up to elections on January 30, a group of 31 Portuguese ‘personalities’ have appealed for a new left-wing
Covid cruise ship accepts defeat as 13 further (fully vaxxed) people test positive
Covid-blighted cruise ship the AIDAnova, due to have left Lisbon today with a whole new crew (click here), has had to accept defeat after 13 further people (all fully vaccinated)
Algarve demands compensation for TAP’s abandonment of region
Hoteliers and mayors in the Algarve are demanding compensation for the new strategy of national airline TAP – which means no international flights actually connect with the country’s main touristic
Doctor “for truth” sees disciplinary punishment reduced from six months to three
Maria Margarida de Oliveira, one of the founders of the so-called ‘negationist movement’ Médicos pela Verdade, has seen a previous 6-month suspension from exercising her profession reduced on appeal to
Earthquake at sea, measuring 4.4, felt in various parts of coastal Algarve
An earthquake off the Algarve coast, measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale, has been felt on land this evening. A tweet sent out by meteorological institute IPMA asking if citizens
President Marcelo’s New Year message labelled “weak” and lacking in substance
Critics have wasted no time ‘tearing into’ President Marcelo’s New Year’s message to the nation. Only given this evening by a visibly tired-looking head of state, within minutes SIC had
Covid outbreak on cruise ship scuttles New Year plans for 4,000 passengers
The massive AIDAnova cruise ship, en route to Madeira to watch the fireworks, saw its itinerary go up in smoke after 52 purportedly fully-vaccinated crew members tested positive for Covid-19.
“Do not swim in sea, or walk by water’s edge” – Maritime Authority warning
In spite of balmy temperatures, the national maritime authority is appealing to people NOT to go swimming in the sea for the next few days, or to walk too close
December “among warmest in Portugal since records began”
December has been among the warmest Decembers (in Portugal and many places elsewhere in the world) since 1931 (really meaning since records as we know them in this country began).