Marcelo rubber-stamps new law over parental bereavement
President Marcelo has rubber-stamped a new law giving parents 20-days leave from work in the case of the death of a child. As inhumane as it may seem up until
Covid Portugal: Another appeal to “look at hospitalisation and deaths, not cases’
Expresso today gives space to one of its regular commentators to ‘give the other side’ of what is happening in the pandemic. So little space is generally given by the
Pensions increases in 2022 means “hundreds of thousands will be worse off”
Hundreds of thousands of elderly citizens on pensions below €886.4% have heard that they are to receive the ‘largest’ increase in monthly pay-outs next year: 1%. This will actually mean
Infrastructures minister admits TAP will close without Brussels ‘green light’ for restructuring
Infrastructures minister Pedro Nuno Santos has admitted today that without Brussels’ green light for the billion euro restructuring package for flagship airline TAP, the airline will be forced into closure.
Portugal’s vaccinations ‘hero’ vice-admiral Gouveia e Melo voted ‘Personality of the Year’
Portugal’s former vaccinations czar vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo has today been voted Personality of the Year by the Association of Foreign Press in Portugal (AIEP). In a statement, the
DGS announces vaccine booster shots for all citizens over age of 50
All Portuguese citizens and residents over the age of 50 are to be offered 3rd booster shots of vaccine against Covid-19. Secretary of State for Health António Lacerda Sales has
Omicron in Portugal: “strong indications” of community transmission
Portugal’s leading public health institute INSA has announced there are strong indications the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is already in community transmission. With the World Health Organisation saying Omicron is
Galp and Northvolt confirm partnership to construct Europe’s largest lithium plant in Portugal – but it may not be in Sines
Today was the day for the official announcement of the €700 million Galp- Northvolt joint venture agreement to build Europe’s largest lithium plant in Portugal. Yesterday everything pointed to the
Gold medal for “distinguished services” for agency he extinguished: another surprise from Eduardo Cabrita
Eduardo Cabrita – the former government minister not long ago described as “a large political abscess” – has bestowed a gold medal today for distinguished service on the very agency
“Serious abuse of power”: lawyer for former economy minister dubs Manuel Pinho’s arrest “a sad day for Justice in Portugal”
After years of seemingly stop-start revelations and investigation, former economy minister Manuel Pinho – a key figure in the EDP rents corruption ‘scandal’ – has been arrested in Lisbon. Mr