State of Calamity with new restrictions for 15 Lisbon parishes
Prime minister António Costa has emerged from the five-hour-long meeting with several mayors and health officials today with a list of ‘changes’ coming into place in Greater Lisbon from midnight
Malls in Lisbon stay closed till June 15
Shopping malls in the Greater Lisbon area are to stay closed for another 10 days at least, due to the fact that various suburbs have become ‘virus hotspots’. Said PM
Lisbon’s shopping malls “may have to stay closed” due to virus spike
Large commercial centres in the Lisbon area may have to stay closed on Monday – which is when malls nationally are set to reopen – due to the localised spike
Lisbon’s high-end property market set to weather Covid crisis with upward bounce
Lisbon’s prime residential property market is set to weather the crisis caused by Covid-19 with an upward bounce. Analysis by property specialists Knight Frank identifies Lisbon along with Monaco, Vienna
500 crew remain ‘imprisoned’ on cruise ship docked in Lisbon
500 men and women, hired as staff on the MSC Fantasia which arrived in Lisbon in March with 1,338 passengers on board, remain confined to their cabins, unpaid and with
Fake drugs “threaten tourism in Lisbon”
At a moment when tourism is already under attack, online news portal SouthEUSummit reports that an insidious trade in ‘fake drugs’ in the capital is threatening the sector even further.
Lisbon port “totally blocked”, with no ships loading or unloading
Imports are being held up at Lisbon port due to a strike by stevedores over docked pay which has widespread support. If boats try and divert to Setúbal, or even
Lisbon’s BTL tourism fair postponed after tourism boards pull out over coronavirus fears
Lisbon’s BTL tourism fair has been postponed until May after national and regional tourism boards – the Algarve’s included – confirmed that they wouldn’t be taking part over coronavirus fears
Ugly scenes at ‘boy racers’ Lisbon funeral see police ‘surrounded’ and ‘incapable of restoring order’
PSP police are today analysing CCTV images after two deeply worrying incidents earlier in the week saw agents surrounded and incapable of restoring order. The issues followed the dramatic deaths
Overseas investors spend €35 million in Hyatt Regency Lisbon luxury apartments
US hotel group Hyatt is building its five-star Hyatt Regency Lisbon apartments in the capital’s Belém district. The €70 million project comprises apartments that can be bought by investors and