The lawyer of former minister Manuel Pinho said today that he is convinced that the Public Ministry (MP) will not promote the preventive detention of the former governor in the scope of the EDP case, but stressed that he is prepared for all scenarios.
Nearly a 1000 passengers and 35 airlines were fined at Portuguese airports in the first 12 days of the new restriction of needing a negative Covid-19 test or recovery certificate to enter Portugal, the Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed yesterday.
The former coordinator of the 'task force' for vaccination against Covid-19, Vice Admiral Gouveia e Melo, has been elected Personality of the Year by the Association of Foreign Press in Portugal (AIEP).
Algarve chef, Daniel Marreiros, has reached the final of popular UK show, Masterchef, hoping to lift the trophy later this week in the program finale.
After completing their training course on 26th November, 86 new SEF inspectors (Investigation and Inspection Career of the Aliens and Borders Service) will begin their duties today, 16 of them at Faro Airport.
Its time we all stepped up! In recent news we have heard that, after many years of campaigning, the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) may classify Lagoa dos Salgados as a Natural Reserve - BUT it's not yet a done deal!
The Instituto Português do Sangue are calling for blood donation, especially during the months of December and January, warning that blood reserves are at normal levels, "but it is necessary to avoid the impact of possible pandemic demands such as prophylactic isolation."
The Portuguese Ministry of Health have announced that the government will reinforce the National Health Service (SNS) with over 745 million euros, with a view to reducing the debt and increasing the response and production capacity of the country's health system.
