Consumer confidence drops to early pandemic levels
Consumer confidence in Portugal has fallen back in the past two months to the same levels that were seen at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Statistic institute INE adds
Confinements: unconstitutional unless ‘State of Emergency’ in place
Government’s emergency health law “fatally wounded” With the country glued to news on fires, Constitutional Court judges have dropped something of a bombshell today: a decision that leaves government plans
From pandemic to pandemonium”: Luís Montenegro begins his assault on political power
First intervention as party leader in Pedrógão Grande PSD party leader Luís Montenegro has wasted no time in his campaign to bring down the bastions of PS Socialist power. His
Study offers structured post-Covid recovery plan for cancer response
Confirms pandemic’s multiple impacts on cancer care A study by the University of Porto on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cancer patients recommends a structured recovery plan involving
Retirement age takes step backwards
Average life expectancy reduces to 80.72 years Anyone hoping for retirement got the bittersweet news today that they have three months less to wait. Instead of qualifying for retirement at
TAP passengers hold on to almost €204 million in vouchers
One reader explains why… TAP passengers are still holding on to almost €204 million in vouchers for flights cancelled due to the pandemic. The total has reduced from the initial
Short shrift for Graça Freitas Covid ‘gloom’
General Medical Council chief shoots down DGS health director’s analysis of summer risks Yesterday’s message from DGS health director Graça Freitas – that Portugal is “a long way from having
Portugal’s 40,400 ‘collateral mortality’
Excess deaths “more than double those with Covid” Given that Portugal’s Covid death-toll is already ‘over-inflated’, reports in the media this weekend refer to a study published in the Lancet
Almost half of restaurants see income fall by more than 40%
Almost half of Portugal’s restaurants recorded losses of more than 40% in January, while a third of accommodation concerns lost more than 60%, still associated with the pandemic, according to
Graça Freitas: overview of two years of pandemic turns blind eye to ‘elephant in room’
Or indeed elephants… Yesterday, various media outlets carried an interview with DGS health director Graça Freitas – the ‘face’ of Portugal’s fight against the pandemic – to commemorate the second