Lagoa Académico Clube joins humanitarian effort to help Ukraine
Lagoa Académico Clube has joined the global humanitarian effort to help the people of Ukraine and is encouraging people to bring donations to the club’s handball matches on Saturday (March
Portugal “deplores” Russian attack on Ukraine’s nuclear plant
Portugal’s foreign minister, Augusto Santos Silva, said in Brussels today that Russia’s continued military aggression against Ukraine – and last night’s attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – was
Portugal mobilises to deliver aid to Ukraine
From Portugal to Eastern Europe, civil society has mobilised to take humanitarian aid to Ukraine and the borders, with improvised locations filling up daily with boxes and bags waiting to
Olhão sends bus to Ukraine to rescue refugees
Several Ukrainian families, mostly women and children, should arrive on Tuesday next week in Olhão in a bus provided by the municipality that left yesterday (Thursday) for Poland, the local
Abramovich Portuguese nationality controversy: new probe opens
Suspicion that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich may have received preferential treatment in his bid for Portuguese nationality on the back of supposed Sephardic Jew heritage refuses to go away. Spokespeople
Portugal to contribute €8-10 million towards EU’s arms package to Ukraine
Portugal’s contribution to the European package to supply weapons to the Ukrainian army will be around “€8-10 million”, Defence Minister João Gomes Cravinho has confirmed. Speaking to the Lusa news
PM thanks Romanian president for support in repatriating Portuguese
Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa has today expressed his gratitude to the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, for the support provided on Monday for the implementation of the plan to
Resident offices in Lagoa collection point for Ukraine aid drive
The Association of Ukrainians in the Algarve has several collection points for food, medicine, hygiene products and other essential items across the region, one of them being the Resident’s offices
Portugal: We can take in 1,245 displaced Ukrainians
Portugal can accommodate 1,245 people displaced from Ukraine, the minister of the presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva, said on Tuesday. At the press conference after the extraordinary cabinet meeting, which
Mário Centeno warns of stagflation in Europe
The Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno, has admitted that the Euro Zone could face a period of stagflation and high interest rates as a result of the