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…
EU/Presidency: Cyprus believes Portugal can 'deal successfully' with EU migration pact
Lusa - Portugal - 07/01/2021
The Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said on Wednesday that “there is no better member state of the EU than Portugal to deal successfully” with negotiations on the European Pact on Migration and Asylum
The Cypriot minister was speaking at a…
Portugal's prime minister has 'total political confidence' in justice minister
Lusa - Portugal - 05/01/2021
The Prime Minister has expressed “total political confidence” in the Minister for Justice, Francisca Van Dunem, and argued that the “lapses” in the CV of European Public Prosecutor José Guerra originated from a note from the Justice Policy…
Blocking EU-China agreement on the basis of the US would be a "bad sign", says Costa
Lusa - Portugal - 04/01/2021
António Costa considers that “it would be a bad sign” for the European Union to block the investment agreement with China, concluded a few days ago, to coordinate with the United States, because Europe must be an autonomous global actor.
In an interview with Lusa…
Englishmen recall Mourinho's words about Bruno Fernandes: "You must not agree ..."
O Jogo - Portugal - 30/12/2020
Manchester newspaper says the move from Portuguese to Manchester United is now a “form of humiliation” for Tottenham and Liverpool.
Bruno Fernandes’ impact at Manchester United and, in less than a year, the Portuguese midfielder has become a true idol of…
EU begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads
AFP - International - 26/12/2020
The European Union began a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to be more infectious, that continues to spread from Britain.
The pandemic has claimed more than 1.7 million lives and…
Portugal is one of the countries that least employs immigrants
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 18/12/2020
The country that has always been marked by emigration, appears at the end of the table among the countries in Europe of the 27 that least employs foreign population. On International Migration Day (which will be marked this Friday), Pordata makes public a new fact: only 3%…
Portugal must support Mozambique “as it did with Timor”
TSF - Portugal - 16/12/2020
Social-Democratic deputy António Maló de Abreu was in the Mozambican area of Cabo Delgado, which is being the scene of the terrorist threat. He argues that Portugal has to do more and that it can intercede for the “brother country” internationally.
António…
