âCrimes against humanityâ: Hundreds turn out in Lisbon to support ânegationistâ judge
So-called ânegationist judgeâ Rui Costa – the former Odemira magistrate who has been vehemently against Portugalâs pandemic âresponseâ since the early days – delivered a complaint to the Attorney Generalâs
Marcelo steps into pressure building for third Covid vaccine dose
President Marcelo has stepped into the âpressureâ that seems to be building for a third dose of Covid vaccine to be administered nationally (click here). This latest âfuroreâ smacks of
Marcelo âinsists on vaccinating childrenâ
President Marcelo is described today as âinsisting on vaccinating childrenâ against Covid-19. Portugalâs head of State has no medical training, and when he took to the presidency in 2016, he
Marcelo and Costa in Brazil forging âcloser links with sister-countryâ ⊠while Bolsonaro goes to bikersâ meeting
Portugalâs president Marcelo and prime minister AntĂłnio Costa are both in Brazil this weekend, on a lightning visit ostensibly to reopen the Museum of the Portuguese Language – which had
Restaurant restrictions and nighttime curfew âcould be about to endâ
Restrictions on the operating times of restaurants – as well as the nighttime curfew – imposed in municipalities of âhighâ and âvery high riskâ of virus transmission could be about
Industry bosses align with Marcelo, challenging governmentâs approach to Brussels billions
As the dust settles on self-congratulatory âState of the Nationâ speech given by prime minister AntĂłnio Costa (click here), it is becoming clear that President Marcelo has a very different
âWorst of pandemic has passedâ says Marcelo as hospital admissions climb
Hospital admissions for complications with Covid-19 leapt over the weekend; incidence nationally is now running at 325.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants – but the message coming from Portugalâs president is
President Marcelo cancels controversial Euro ‘football jolly’ to Seville
President Marcelo has deftly defused any chance of further bad press after the faintly ridiculous encouragement given to âthe Portuguese peopleâ by parliamentary leader Ferro Rodrigues this week to âflock
Portugalâs Calamity continues: Lisbon back in lockdown; Albufeira takes step back
Portugalâs State of Calamity continues today with the Council of Ministers deciding new restrictions, battening municipalities down, locking millions of citizens into the Greater Lisbon area for another scorcher of
Portugalâs president hears of festivals and events sectorâs âunfounded and discriminatory difficultiesâ
President Marcelo spent over an hour and a half yesterday listening to why representatives of Portugalâs festivals and events sector feel they have been unfairly discriminated against by a government