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October 25, 2021

Self-Scheduling of Covid booster and Flu vaccination opens tomorrow

The DGS have announced that Self-Scheduling facility for Covid booster vaccinations and Flu vaccinations for people over 80 will be available online at the Covid-19 Portal from tomorrow, Tuesday 26th October. Data released this Sunday by the Directorate-General for Health…

October 25, 2021

Wave of disputes and strikes set to continue into November

The months of October and November mark the return of a wave of protests, with the strike of pre-hospital emergency technicians beginning last week, and extending from health to education, including firefighters and the civil service throughout November. The first…

October 25, 2021

BLiP EXPO 2021 is now open!

This years event is even bigger and better than last year, with over 100 businesses in one place. Whether you are a business wanting to meet prospective customers or a resident wanting to find out what is available to make your…

October 22, 2021

Avocado company to appeal measures to reduce environmental impact

The company Frutineves, which grows avocados in Lagos, will appeal in court to annul the measures imposed by the Algarve’s Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR) to reduce the impacts caused by the project. The announcement was made, in a…

October 22, 2021

Supply chain woes put brakes on Europe’s top cycle-makers in Portugal

Europe’s leading cycle makers in Portugal are riding a pandemic-driven demand boom, but a supply chain crunch linked to Asia has put the brakes on. InCycles Bike Group, a flagship in the country’s successful export-led manufacturing cluster around the northern…

October 22, 2021

British man dies on Albufeira beach

A British man died of a cardio-respiratory arrest yesterday morning, after feeling unwell while exercising on the cliff top trail next to Praia dos Tomates, in Albufeira. In a statement from the authorities it states that the 58 year old man…

October 21, 2021

COVID-19: New variant creating chaos in UK is detected in Portugal

In Portugal, nine cases of the new AY4.2 variant, a Delta subvariant, have already been detected, according to the latest report on the genetic diversity of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus by Doctor Ricardo Jorge of the National Health Institute, released on Tuesday….

October 21, 2021

Sexual crimes in Portugal increased 25% in two years

Inquiries into sexual crimes in Portugal grew 25% in the last two years, according to data from the PJ’s Sexual Crime Observatory. The study shows that, between 2019 and 2020, there was an increase in inquiries in the area of…

October 20, 2021

AstraZeneca vaccine will continue to be administered in Portugal

The Directorate-General of Health and Infarmed have stated that the AstraZeneca vaccine can continue to be administered and stressed that there is no evidence of a link with the thromboembolic cases registered in other countries. “The DGS and INFARMED inform…