Owners of bars and discos “stunned” by government advice to convert to ‘coffee shops’
Following six months in which they have been prevented from opening at all, owners and managers of Portuguese bars and discotheques heard last week that they could finally open …
Algarve needs tailored support package to fight coronavirus recession, says opposition leader
Opposition leader Rui Rio (PSD) has urged the government to create support measures “tailored specifically for the Algarve, arguably the region hit the hardest by the pandemic”. After a meeting
British epidemiologists say “air corridors make no sense”
Two leading British epidemiologists defend that the way forwards for the UK to ‘wipe out Covid-19’ once and for all is basically to ‘roll up the drawbridge’ and stop Britons
D-Day finally for bars and discos? Council of Ministers expected to approve reopening
Today (Thursday) is likely to see a decision on the reopening of bars and discotheques. Say reports, the Council of Ministers is expected to give them a conditional ‘green-light’ on
“Businesses won’t survive without extended layoff for undetermined period of time,” says Carvoeiro Clube Group CEO
Patricia Bürer, CEO of the Carvoeiro Clube Group, has warned that most tourism companies in the Algarve “will not survive unless the government extends its layoff regime for an undetermined
Madeira orders face masks to be worn in street
Madeira has become the first Portuguese region to order the wearing of face masks in the street. An island on which there are currently only eight cases of Covid-19 and
State of Calamity ‘likely to be lifted’ in Lisbon on Thursday
The State of Calamity in 19 Greater Lisbon parishes is due to be lifted on Thursday – and will pass to the more relaxed ‘State of Contingency’ currently in force
New government support for ailing businesses secures jobs till December
New government support for ailing businesses is to kick in next week as the ‘simplified lay-off scheme’ draws to a close. The plan – finalised in Monday’s extraordinary meeting of
Tourism recovery “will take minimum three to five years”, admits Pestana CEO
The recovery of tourism in Portugal – to the kind of levels seen in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – will take a minimum of three to five years. CEO of
British Ambassador takes to Twitter to defend UK’s trashing of Portugal as a ‘Covid-safe’ destination
In an extraordinary development, the British Ambassador to Portugal has taken to Twitter to refute the suggestion that there is a political reason for blanking this country as a safe