China and Portuguese-speaking countries featured in the gender gap world ranking
Plataforma - Macau - 31/03/2021
Germans put André Silva on Manchester United's radar
O Jogo - Portugal - 17/02/2021
Sky Sports Germany advances that Frankfurt will be willing to negotiate the Portuguese scorer from 30 million euros
Scorer of 18 goals in the Bundesliga, André Silva is only behind “extraterrestrial” Lewandowski (who takes 25) in the list of best scorers in the…
To avoid having more plastic than fish in the sea, oceans are debated in Lisbon
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 16/02/2021
The Conference Ocean That Belongs to All will gather on the 22nd and 23rd three dozen participants from 17 nationalities. António Guterres has now launched a serious warning about the tragic fate of the seas, and his special envoy for the Ocean, Peter Thomson, will be one…
David Carmo on Sergio Ramos' route to Real Madrid
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 16/02/2021
David Carmo, central defender of S. C. Braga, is on the list of potential reinforcements from Real Madrid, advances this Tuesday the sports newspaper “AS”. The young Portuguese is appointed as a potential successor to Sergio Ramos, in case the Spanish international does…
EU/Presidency: Portugal must put Africa at the centre of European attention
Lusa - Portugal - 05/02/2021
Portugal must take advantage of the authority of the presidency of the Council of the European Union to put the African continent at the centre of the Community bloc’s attention, Ambassador Francisco Seixas da Costa said on Thursday at a digital conference.
Seixas…
Portugal: Pact for dealing with plastic waste achieves first year goals
Lusa - Portugal - 04/02/2021
The Portuguese Plastics Pact (PPP) initiative started a year ago with 55 adherents now has 97, achieving the proposed goals for the first year, according to the coordinator.
The PPP, which has the support of the Government, involves entities such as companies, industries…
Portugal: Costa announces UK flight ban
Lusa - Portugal - 22/01/2021
The Portuguese prime minister has announced that, as of Saturday, there will be a total interruption of flights between Portugal and the United Kingdom, except for humanitarian flights or to repatriate Portuguese and British citizens.
António Costa announced this measure…
Education ministers meet remotely on Friday
Lusa - Portugal - 20/01/2021
On Friday, the ministers of education, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, and higher education, Manuel Heitor, are to chair the informal Council of Education Ministers of the European Union on the role of education and training in the European social model.
The meeting, which was…
Whole of portuguese health system 'close to limit' due to pandemic
Lusa - Portugal - 18/01/2021
Portugal’s minister of health, Marta Temido, has warned that the country’s entire health system, including the National Health Service (SNS), private and third sectors and all back office structures, is close to its limit as it struggles to cope with a surge in…
Valdis Dombrovskis, executivevice-president of the European Commission with responsibility for trade, told Lusa that he expected “close cooperation” from the Portuguese presidency of theCouncil of theEuropean Union with the new US…
Portuguese Experts and government want schools open in new lockdown
Lusa - Portugal - 12/01/2021
The Prime Minister said on Monday that, among experts, the best decision is to keep educational establishments open in a new confinement and said that this is also the will of the government
At a press conference, António Costa refused to anticipate the content of the…
