Millions of euros invested in pharmacies’ flu/ Covid-19 winter vaccination campaign
Government aims to see “more people vaccinated by end November” The government will be spending €7.6 million on Covid-19 and flu vaccinations in pharmacies this winter, and wants to have
Around 1,000 receive free cataract operations in Portugal’s rural interior
Operations made possible through protocol established in 2018 Around 1,000 patients in the country’s interior have benefited from free cataract operations under protocols established in 2018 between the Álvaro Carvalho
Portugal’s government to help Colombia issue passports
Portugal chosen for project “because it offered best guarantees” Colombian foreign minister Luis Gilberto Murillo has announced that Portugal’s government will help his country issue passports and build a factory
Ministry’s ‘spider man’ thief identified
Authorities focus on recovering ‘confidential information’ on one of stolen computers In record time, investigators have ‘got their man’ over the embarrassing theft of computers from a government building. He
Loulé and ANP|WWF join forces to create fire-resilient villages
Project will focus on five villages in Loulé The municipal council of Loulé has teamed up with environmental organisation ANP|WWF to launch a project aimed at making five villages in
Six activists given suspended jail sentences for invading aerodrome
Courts continue to react to climate protests with ‘heavy hand’ Six members of the Climáximo movement who invaded Tires aerodrome in Cascais, in December last year have been sentenced to
Albufeira warns locals of wildfire and open well hazards
Awareness campaign carried out in July and August in Albufeira In an effort to make the borough safer and “more resilient,” Albufeira’s municipal council carried out an extensive awareness campaign
Government to present ‘progress’ in emergency health plan as doctors call strike
Doctors accuse health minister of increasing ‘chaos in public health service’ Portugal’s Ministry of Health will be presenting the balance of its Health Emergency and Transformation Plan today, against the
Lisbon City Council appeals €1 million fine (reduced already) for sharing data with Russia
Council found to have shared data of activists of various nationalities Lisbon City Council has announced today that it will appeal the judicial decision to fine the municipality around €1
Government pledges to indemnify families of five GNR military killed in helicopter crash
Portugal’s government has announced today that it is moving forwards on indemnifying the families of the five GNR military killed in last Friday’s helicopter crash in the Douro river, near