“Crimes against humanity”: Hundreds turn out in Lisbon to support ‘negationist’ judge
So-called ‘negationist judge’ Rui Costa – the former Odemira magistrate who has been vehemently against Portugal’s pandemic ‘response’ since the early days – delivered a complaint to the Attorney General’s
Marcelo steps into pressure building for third Covid vaccine dose
President Marcelo has stepped into the ‘pressure’ that seems to be building for a third dose of Covid vaccine to be administered nationally (click here). This latest ‘furore’ smacks of
Marcelo “insists on vaccinating children”
President Marcelo is described today as “insisting on vaccinating children” against Covid-19. Portugal’s head of State has no medical training, and when he took to the presidency in 2016, he
Marcelo and Costa in Brazil forging ‘closer links with sister-country’ … while Bolsonaro goes to bikers’ meeting
Portugal’s president Marcelo and prime minister António 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 ‘could be about to end’
Restrictions on the operating times of restaurants – as well as the nighttime curfew – imposed in municipalities of “high” and “very high risk” of virus transmission could be about
Industry bosses align with Marcelo, challenging government’s approach to Brussels billions
As the dust settles on self-congratulatory ‘State of the Nation’ speech given by prime minister António Costa (click here), it is becoming clear that President Marcelo has a very different
“Worst of pandemic has passed” 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 Portugal’s 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 ‘the Portuguese people’ by parliamentary leader Ferro Rodrigues this week to ‘flock
Portugal’s Calamity continues: Lisbon back in lockdown; Albufeira takes step back
Portugal’s 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
Portugal’s president hears of festivals and events sector’s “unfounded and discriminatory difficulties”
President Marcelo spent over an hour and a half yesterday listening to why representatives of Portugal’s festivals and events sector feel they have been unfairly discriminated against by a government