Lisbon “at risk of going backwards” in Portugal’s slow deconfinement
Lisbon is at risk of being pushed back in the next Council of Ministers ‘overview’ of Portugal’s epidemiological situation with regard to Covid-19. The number of cases registered in the
Greater Lisbon registers more than half rising number of Covid cases
Friday’s bulletin has registered an increase in the number of active cases, an increase in incidence (positive cases per 100, 000 inhabitants) and an increase in the Rt (transmission) number.
Rally for Freedom in Lisbon unites hundreds… possibly thousands
Depending on which news sources one reads, the Rally for Freedom in Lisbon yesterday – promoted by World Wide Demonstration – united anything between 500-700 or 3,000 to 4,000 people.
Lisbon hospital reports “more than 40% increase in metastatic breast cancers”
Cancer department boss Luís Costa has given a powerful interview with Expresso this week outlining the appalling collateral damage caused by focus on Covid-19. In the months since the pandemic
Violent confrontations in Alvalade Stadium see police fire rubber bullets on massive crowd of fans
Violent confrontations have been taking place in Lisbon this evening involving thousands of football fans and the police. The trouble began mid-way through the game between Sporting-Boavista game at Alvalade
Portuguese court rules against mandatory 14-day quarantine under State of Calamity
A court in Sintra has ruled against mandatory quarantine for travellers under Portugal’s new State of Calamity. The court granted a writ of habeas corpus last week – immediately releasing
Hospital bosses in shock over ‘small print’ of Brussels ‘bazooka’
Hospital bosses in Lisbon and Porto have been shocked to discover that the ‘small print’ of Europe’s long-promised ‘bazooka’ of recovery funding has actually opened a can of ‘austerity worms’.
Portuguese judge rules former MP and convicted fraudster must be tried for murder
Portuguese judge Pedro Lucas has brought an end to years of legal ‘ducking and dodging’ by ruling that former PSD MP and convicted BPN fraudster Duarte Lima must face trial
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon against ‘vile’ attempts to declare right-wing party Chega ‘illegal’
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Lisbon this afternoon to demonstrate against what has been described in the media as ‘the illegalisation of Chega’ – the right-wing party
UK/Portugal flight schedules back on!
Flights to and from the UK appear to be back from Friday as the ‘travel ban’ imposed by Portugal is due to expire tomorrow (April 15). Various airlines have updated