At some stage after the election on 30^th January, the Portuguese parliament will probably want to update the previous parliament’s plan to legalise euthanasia.

Confirmation that the over 50's will be given a booster dose of covid-19 vaccine was given yesterday (14th December) by the Deputy Secretary of State and Health, António Lacerda Sales.

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!