Porto reports 40% – 50% increase in suspected Covid cases
With Lisbon facing its 3rd weekend of ‘lockdown’ to stop the spread of the Delta virus, Porto has begun reporting rising numbers of ‘suspected cases’ of Covid-19. Experts’ predictions that
Vaccine ‘insubordination’ in Porto sees health centre director suspended
The director of health centres in east Porto has been suspended today as a police investigation opens into why she took it upon herself to start vaccinating 18-year-olds in an
PM finally breaks silence over Champions League PR disaster
With calls for his resignation and criticism filling column inches, prime minister António Costa has finally ‘faced the cameras’ and agreed that Porto’s hosting of the Champions League final last
President Marcelo criticises ‘lack of coherence’ in Champions League organisation
President Marcelo put into words this afternoon the mystification of the country over scenes emerging from Porto. Hundreds of football fans have been partying in the streets ahead of the
Porto suffers second night of disturbances as English football fans run riot
Tonight’s Champions League game between Chelsea and Manchester City cannot come too soon for the city of Porto. Hundreds of fans who arrived ahead of the game (many without tickets)
Violence among British football fans on streets of Porto
“Violent confrontations between British fans” in Porto ahead of the Champions League game between Chelsea and Manchester City on Saturday are being reported in Portuguese newspapers this morning. But in
Official: Porto to host Champions League final with 12,000 fans in attendance
UEFA has confirmed that the 2020/2021 Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea will be played on Saturday, May 29 at Porto’s Estádio do Dragão in front of a
Ferry to link Portugal with UK? It’s a way of beating airline prices!
With the cost of plane tickets apparently rising as much as 600%, Brittany Ferries is considering opening a link between the UK and Portugal, starting this month. The Sun reports
Portugal’s million euro hosting of EU Social Summit “a profound disillusion”, says Left Bloc
The Portuguese government’s ‘moment of glory’ during the all-too-brief six month presidency of the Council of the European Union was the EU Social Summit which took place in Porto over
Hospital bosses in shock over ‘small print’ of Brussels ‘bazooka’
Hospital bosses in Lisbon and Porto have been shocked to discover that the ‘small print’ of Europe’s long-promised ‘bazooka’ of recovery funding has actually opened a can of ‘austerity worms’.