PJ under fire for revealing ‘so much’ about Portugal’s home-grown ‘terrorist bid’
PJ police have come under fire for revealing so much about Portugal’s home-grown terrorist bid (click here). Since he was arrested on Thursday morning, 18-year-old IT engineering student João R
Faculty head appeals for calm in wake of ‘terrorist arrest’
Luís Carriço, the head of the science faculty at Lisbon University has called for calm in the wake of yesterday’s media storm about a ‘terrorist arrest’ in the nick of
Back to jail for former Socialist politician? Appeal court confirms two year ‘effective sentence’
In a week where headlines have screamed “the strategy for combating corruption in Portugal has failed because politicians were left out of it”, one former Socialist politician has ‘had the
Death of six-year-old child: Infarmed confirms notification of suspicion of adverse reaction to vaccine
The death of a six-year-old boy in Lisbon on Sunday following “notification of a suspected adverse reaction” to the Covid vaccine is under investigation. Medicines authority Infarmed has said: “We
Covid incidence nationally up to 3,796 cases per 100,000; Lisbon sees 5,000
In many ways today is another ‘black day’ when it comes to numbers: another 40,090 new cases of Covid infection; a leap in the daily death toll to 34 (the
Russiagate €1.2 million fine for Lisbon City Council “a heavy legacy”, says mayor
The €1.2 million fine slapped on Lisbon City Council for data protection breaches will take its toll on the plans envisaged by mayor Carlos Moedas. Already struggling with a minority
Algarve demands compensation for TAP’s abandonment of region
Hoteliers and mayors in the Algarve are demanding compensation for the new strategy of national airline TAP – which means no international flights actually connect with the country’s main touristic
Covid outbreak on cruise ship scuttles New Year plans for 4,000 passengers
The massive AIDAnova cruise ship, en route to Madeira to watch the fireworks, saw its itinerary go up in smoke after 52 purportedly fully-vaccinated crew members tested positive for Covid-19.
Lisbon and Oeiras to have Ocean Campus
The Champalimaud and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundations are to set up a €300 million Ocean Campus through concession contracts with the Port of Lisbon. The initial upfront investment for the project
Hundreds wait to present Covid documentation at airports
Hundreds of people had to wait in queues at airports today as the first day of Portugal’s new restrictions for travellers into the country began. The balance however was essentially