All change for airline passengers with Covid Digital Certificates … but not in Portugal
According to new EU ‘rules’ (which are essentially recommendations), today is the moment that airline passengers with valid Covid Digital Certificates can fly anywhere in community space without being bound
Portugal’s birdlife “disappearing at dizzying rate” from Alentejan plains
Portugal’s once rich and wonderful variety of wild birds are disappearing at a “dizzying rate” from the Alentejan plains – and it seems fairly clear that intensive agriculture is to
Portuguese hotels applaud EU approval to do away with quarantines and tests for Covid Digital Certificate holders
The Portuguese Association of Hotels (AHP) has applauded the European Council’s recommendation to allow the free circulation of citizens with a valid Covid Digital Certificate within the EU, meaning they
Another 260 judicial complaints against Portuguese State filed with European Court of Human Rights
Another 260 complaints against justice meted out in Portugal were filed with the European Court of Human Rights last year. Bearing in mind these complaints can only be lodged once
Portuguese environmentalists demand government position over European Commission’s “disastrous” position on natural gas and nuclear energy
Portuguese environmental association ZERO is demanding a government position over the “disastrous” proposal – published by the European Commission just before midnight on New Year’s Eve – to consider natural
TAP gets (conditional) approval for €2.55 billion ‘restructuring plan’
Portugal’s ‘flagship’ airline TAP has received the green-light it needed to come back from the brink – but not without significant conditions. The European Commission’s approval for the government’s €2.55
Praise in German is “particularly delicious”: PM reacts to new Chancellor’s vote of confidence
PM António Costa has reacted with pleasure to the praise this morning by new German chancellor Olaf Scholz. In Brussels for the first meeting of leaders with Mr Scholz at
Brussels fires bazooka at Portugal’s badly-run public businesses
Brussels is not impressed with the way Portugal runs public concerns and businesses. It is threatening to use the ‘bazooka’ (the billions in grant funding destined for pandemic recovery) to
Brussels wants Portugal to ‘re-evaluate need for all airline passengers to present negative tests”
The European Commission is ‘supervising’ the imposition made by Portugal that all passengers should present negative tests for Covid-19 when arriving in this country – even when fully-vaccinated or officially
Experts warn European Parliament to “stop and think” before forging ahead with lithium strategy
Experts have told the European Parliament to “stop and think” before sanctioning the forging ahead of countries like Spain and Portugal with lithium mining that raises serious environmental, social and