Marcelo reinforces message: it’s time to leave pandemic behind
President Marcelo has been in Slovenia today – the country due to take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union when Portugal completes its ‘difficult’ six
Lisbon hospital reports “more than 40% increase in metastatic breast cancers”
Cancer department boss Luís Costa has given a powerful interview with Expresso this week outlining the appalling collateral damage caused by focus on Covid-19. In the months since the pandemic
“Extraordinary support” for people who have lost income since January to be extended
Portugal’s AERT programme, standing for ‘extraordinary support to workers’ income’, is being extended to take in people affected since January this year. The news came this morning from labour minister
‘Social support costs’ skyrocket in Algarve borough’s most dependent on tourism
Albufeira, Portimão and Loulé – all of them boroughs currently under threat of not moving forwards in the next phase of deconfinement – are also the areas where social support
Extreme right linked to pandemic negationists in reports on Portugal’s 2020 figures for crime
The 2020 RASI (Report on Internal Security) has highlighted how dangerous it has suddenly become to interpret real situations from Portuguese headlines. Yesterday we had the message from interior minister
Portugal’s PM reacts to president’s passing of ‘illegal’ diplomas saying: “We don’t have time for political crises”
Portugal’s prime minister António Costa has brushed off the decision by President Marcelo to go against his warnings last week that to promulgate diplomas paving the way to further measures
Anti-lockdown magistrate suspended by Portugal’s regulatory body
Anti-lockdown magistrate Rui Fonseca e Castro has been suspended by his profession’s regulatory body, the Superior Council of Magistrature. A judge at the Tribunal de Odemira, Fonseca e Castro has
Unemployed woman supporting family on €400 monthly benefits
Isabel Aguiar was working as a kitchen assistant, and was about to sign a contract, when the pandemic forced her boss to close the restaurant’s doors. She is now supporting
Covid-19: Families in Algarve still relying on food banks
Food banks in the Algarve are still vital for many families a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Lusa news agency reported on Saturday. The southern Portuguese region’s economic dependence on
Portugal’s Independent Union of Doctors accuses government of vaccination ‘propaganda’
The secretary general of Portugal’s Independent Union of Doctors (SIM) accused the government on Saturday of ‘propaganda’ surrounding its vaccination plan, claiming there were many people in the front line