Doctors and nurses sound alert as various hospitals start struggling with demands
More than 40 patients lined up in corridors in SetĂșbal hospital; Torres Vedras A&E transferring the critically ill because it didnât have the medical teams to treat them; Lisbon maternity
Checkered start to new school year
The new school year began in earnest yesterday with all kinds of hiccups along the way. It hasnât been a case of Covid-19 causing problems this time, but a teachersâ
Portugalâs rail network on track for new dramas due to lack of âcleanliness and disinfectionâ
CP, Portugalâs beleaguered rail network is under a new threat. Certain trains could actually be stopped from running due to a lack of âcleanliness and disinfectionâ. Many would say this
SEF strike at Portugalâs airports: ANA warns passengers âwaiting timesâ will increase
It is described as a âpartial strikeâ, but borders agency SEFâs work to rule starting in all Portugalâs airports tomorrow is certain to cause upsets. ANA airports authority has already
Thousands of passengers in limbo as Groundforce workers strike, causing âhundreds of cancellationsâ
Thousands of airline passengers have been left in limbo as the first few hours of a strike by Groundforce baggage-handlers saw the cancellation of over 180 flights. Indeed, the number
SEF âsuspends strike actionâ following governmentâs civil requisition hard ball
SEF inspectors syndicate has finally dropped its threat of a strike that would have âparalysed tourismâ (click here) thanks to the government playing hard ball in the form of a
Strike by border guards threatens to âruin Portugalâs summerâ
A strike called by borders agency SEF is threatening to ruin Portugalâs summer. This is the interpretation of the recovering tourism sector as well as council chiefs in the Algarve.
Lisbon mayor brokers end to Portugalâs embarrassingly high-profile hunger strike
Lisbon mayor Fernando Medina managed last night to broker the end of Portugalâs embarrassingly high-profile hunger strike that had been camped outside parliament for almost a week. At a moment
Hunger strike outside Portuguese parliament faces day 7: Bosnian chef âback from hospitalâ
Yesterdayâs âbreaking newsâ from the hunger strike outside Portugalâs parliamentary building was that celebrity chef and figurehead of the âBread & Water movementâ Ljubomir Stanisic was âshowing signs of ceding
Hunger strikers outside Portuguese parliament âleft hangingâ
Now into their fifth gruelling day without food, the eight men and one woman on hunger strike outside parliament in Lisbon have received cold comfort from prime minister AntĂłnio Costa.