Emigrés fined up to €6000 for ‘breaking quarantine’ … to buy food
Four emigrés recently returned from Belgium have been fined between €1,800 and €6,000 each for breaking quarantine. The case highlights the stark differences between quarantine and self-isolation. Explained one of
Government changes its “simplified lay-off regime” for fourth time
The Portuguese government continues to adjust its “simplified lay-off regime,” having announced this afternoon its fourth round of changes to it as well as a series of new or altered
PM Costa joins European leaders pushing for crisis-easing ‘coronabonds’
Prime minister António Costa is one of nine European leaders pushing habitually reluctant ‘richer’ Member States today for the creation of corona bonds, to enable countries to better face up
Alentejo gin to be used as disinfectant at Évora Hospital
Sharish Gin, a gin distillery based in Reguengos de Monsaraz in the Alentejo, will be supplying Évora Hospital with gin to be used as disinfectant if the hospital’s alcohol supply
Loulé Council cancels septic tank (fossa) emptying service
Loulé Council has cancelled its municipal septic tank (fossa) emptying service until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has forced the local authority into a regime of “essential
Covid-19: Algarve municipalities agree to postpone water bill payments until May
The Algarve municipalities association (AMAL) has agreed to postpone the payment of water bills in the Algarve until May, it announced on Wednesday (March 25). The association representing all 16
Foreign community “responding excellently” to self-isolation, says afpop
Members of afpop, the association that provides support to foreign residents in Portugal, have been “responding excellently” to the self-isolation recommendations made by the Portuguese government, according to the association’s
Lagoa extends “state of alert” until end of April
Lagoa will remain under a “state of alert” until at least April 30 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the local council has announced. The decision will keep municipal services such
Portuguese stranded in Australia told “find your own way back”
Portuguese nationals ‘stranded in Australia’ – a number of them students on the Erasmus exchange programme – have been effectively told to find their own way back. Explains the office
Algarve’s second drive-through testing centre opens at Portimão Arena
The Algarve’s second Covid-19 drive-through testing centre will open this week at the Portimão Arena, Portimão Mayor Isilda Gomes announced in a Facebook live stream on Tuesday night (March 24).