A stronger fairer and inclusive Europe
By Manuela Bairos “Only a stronger, fairer and more inclusive social Europe will respond to the social consequences of the pandemic, ensuring intergenerational balance, the...
Portugal
Portugal to allow EU and UK tourists with a negative coronavirus test
Portugal will allow tourist flights from European Union countries with low infection rates and from the UK, but passengers must show a negative coronavirus test...
Portugal to welcome UK tourists from May 17, tourism board says
Portugal will allow tourists from Britain to enter from May 17, following Britain’s go-ahead last week for its holidaymakers to travel to Portugal from that date, the national...
Anastasiades: EU leaders clear that Turkey`s position cannot be tolerated
EU leaders are clear that Turkey`s position on Cyprus solution cannot be accepted or tolerated, President Nicos Anastasiades has said. The president who is in...
Anastasiades, in Portugal, highlights labour issues
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday highlighted the need for an integrated strategy for designing and implementing active employment policy measures, combined with strengthening anti-discrimination efforts...
Coronavirus: Poland and Portugal move to category B
As of Friday, August 14 Poland and Portugal will be placed in Cyprus’ category B list of countries, the health ministry announced. Poland has been...
Ronaldo bags hat-trick, closes on 100 goals in Portugal rout
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored another treble, moving closer to 100 international goals, as he led the European champions to a 6-0 drubbing of Lithuania...
Villagers angry as Portugal wildfire still rages
VILA DE REI/MACAO, Portugal, July 22 (Reuters) – After more than 50 hours, firefighters were still battling a wildfire in centralPortugal late on Monday, as villagers and...
Portuguese prime minister in ‘historic’ visit
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday called the arrival of Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa a historic moment for the relations of the two countries since...
Who brings olive oil to Portugal? Police foil cocaine smuggler’s ploy
Who would bring a suitcase full of olive oil to Portugal, one of the world’s biggest producers of the stuff? Police at Lisbon airport were already...
Wildfire burns in Portugal for fourth day
More than 1,150 firefighters struggled to put out a fire in Portugal’s southern Algarve tourist region on Monday, which injured 25 people overnight and led...
Portugal parliament rejects legal euthanasia in divisive vote
By Andrei Khalip Portugal’s parliament rejected on Tuesday a bill that would have legalised voluntary euthanasia for terminal patients in the Catholic-majority country by a...
Portugal donates €15,000 to CMP
Portugal has donated €15,000 to the work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) it was announced on Wednesday. It was the first contribution of...
Man dies in shooting at Portuguese school – police
A man died after a shooting incident between relatives of two students at a primary school in Portugal‘s central coastal town of Nazare on Monday, police...
Portuguese, Spanish police bust huge “pineapple” cocaine ring
Police in Portugal and Spain said they seized hundreds of kilograms of cocaine hidden inside fresh pineapples, and arrested nine members of a gang that...
At least 8 killed, dozens hurt in fire, stampede in Portugal
At least eight people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire and stampede in a local leisure association in the town of Vila...
Falling tree kills 12 at Catholic festival in Portugal
A tree toppled into a crowd of worshippers during a major Christian festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Tuesday, killing 12 people and...
Confusion over plane crash claims as Portugal struggles to put out deadly fire
Portugal carried out a massive operation to combat its deadliest forest fire on record, which has killed 64 people, amid confusion about the fate of...
Cyprus offers to send firefighters to Portugal
Cyprus is ready to send a team of firefighters to Portugal to help put out forest fires, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. According to...
At least 62 killed in forest fire still raging in Portugal – Update 3
By Andrei Khalip A huge forest fire raging since Saturday in central Portugal has killed at least 62 people, the government said on Sunday,...