Portugal drops five main Covid restrictions, promising “they’ll all go in five weeks’ time”
Portugal’s Council of Ministers has approved the first steps towards regaining our freedoms. “In the next few days”, the country will move from its current ‘State of Calamity’ to one
President Marcelo’s New Year message labelled “weak” and lacking in substance
Critics have wasted no time ‘tearing into’ President Marcelo’s New Year’s message to the nation. Only given this evening by a visibly tired-looking head of state, within minutes SIC had
Seven GNR agents accused over alleged torture of Asian agricultural workers in Odemira
A new controversy has blown up over a case involving seven GNR agents and the alleged ‘torture’ of Asian agricultural workers in Odemira. This latest case (following one in which
Fireworks sector in meltdown as Covid used to scupper New Year displays
Portugal’s fireworks sector – a small but nonetheless active niche-market sustaining around 12,000 people – is in meltdown. The decision to cancel New Year’s Eve displays this year due to
“If vaccine uptake continues as it is, there is no need to make jabs mandatory…”
Health secretary António Lacerda Sales has said that if people keep turning up for vaccinations against Covid-19 as they are at the moment, there will be no reason to make
President Marcelo officially dissolves parliament: elections in eight weeks time
President Marcelo has officially dissolved parliament today, ahead of elections on January 30. The result is that the government will continue to run the country in the meantime “but with
Portugal suspends flights to and from Mozambique due to new variant
Portugal will be suspending flights to and from Mozambique from 00.00 hours on Monday (November 29) in response to the latest concerns about a new variant of the Covid virus,
President Marcelo tries to broker truce over Santa Maria’s resigning doctors
President Marcelo has stepped into the drama affecting Accident and Emergency at Lisbon’s Santa Maria hospital (click here). The head of State says a crisis in the health sector (on
CNN makes Portuguese début by giving interview to fugitive BPP bankster
CNN Portugal made its Portuguese début yesterday, broadcasting an online interview with fugitive BPP ‘bankster’ João Rendeiro. As subject matter goes, it was suitably ‘different’. Mr Rendeiro – still in
Marcelo announces elections for Sunday January 30: “the most reasonable date”
In a 10-minute address to the nation this evening, president Marcelo set Sunday January 30 for the date the country will be going to polls to elect a new government.