CDE News | Corporate Dispatch - Your News Feed

Portugal identifies first case of South African coronavirus variant

The first case of the South African coronavirus variant was identified in Portugal on Friday, health institute Ricardo Jorge told Lusa news agency, as the country struggles to contain a…

Read More from CDE News

UPDATED: Portugal to shut schools as pandemic worsens

Portugal is preparing to shut all kindergartens, schools and universities from Friday to tackle a steep rise in coronavirus cases, Lusa news agency and Publico newspaper said on Thursday. The…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal’s health system on brink of collapse as COVID-19 cases surge

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's public health system is on the verge of collapsing as hospitals in the areas worst-affected by a worrying surge in coronavirus cases are quickly running out…

Read More from CDE News

Complaints after Portuguese prosecutors acknowledge spying on reporters

LISBON (Reuters) - Groups representing journalists and lawyers in Portugal complained of a threat to press freedom on Wednesday, after prosecutors acknowledged having spied on two reporters to try to…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal considers ordering private hospitals to take COVID patients as deaths hit record

LISBON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Portugal said it was considering the option of ordering private hospitals to treat coronavirus patients and provide beds and equipment as the country reported a…

Read More from CDE News

Reporters walk out on Portuguese, French far-right leaders over COVID-19 fears

LISBON (Reuters) - The election campaign launch by Portugal's far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start on Friday when reporters walked out on his joint news…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal considers new lockdown as COVID infections surge

Portugal will decide next week on potential tougher restrictions that could amount to a new lockdown if a worrying surge in coronavirus infections continues, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said. “If…

Read More from CDE News

Photo Story: Madeira Island in Portugal hit by powerful storm

Photos from the municipality of Machico in the eastern of Madeira, that was one of the most affected by the bad weather that hit throughout the archipelago of Madeira, Machico,…

Read More from CDE News

Photo Story: Lisbon lights mark the start of Portuguese Presidency of the EU

A circle of stars is projected in blue light onto Augusta Street Arc to mark the day Portugal takes over the EU Presidency, in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 01 January…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal to use EU presidency to bolster bloc’s vaccination drive

Financial Times - Rolling out the EU’s mass vaccination programme will be one of Portugal’s top priorities when it takes over the six-month rotating EU presidency on Friday as a…

Read More from CDE News

Coronavirus variant detected in Portugal’s Madeira

LISBON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The new variant of the coronavirus linked to a rapid rise in infections in Britain has been detected on the Portuguese island of Madeira, the…

Read More from CDE News

Five injured in partial collapse of Lisbon building

LISBON (Reuters) - Five people were injured when a residential building in central Lisbon partially collapsed on Sunday morning following an explosion, the local fire department said. A spokeswoman told…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal believes Brexit trade deal still possible

Portugal’s foreign minister said on Friday he believed a trade deal between Britain and the European Union was still possible and said a close relationship between both sides was essential…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal imposes overnight curfew on New Year’s Eve to cut spread of coronavirus

LISBON (Reuters) - An overnight curfew from 11 p.m. will come into force in Portugal on New Year's Eve, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Thursday, as the government introduces…

Read More from CDE News

Photo Story: Christmas Lights in Lisbon

Various photos of the Christmas lights in downtown Lisbon, Portugal. A slow shutter speed picture of cars driving near Christmas lights in downtown Lisbon, Portugal. Via EPA-EFE/JOSE SENA GOULAO

Read More from CDE News

Portugal border service chief quits after fatal beating of Ukrainian traveller

LISBON (Reuters) - The head of Portugal's SEF border service resigned on Wednesday after months of backlash over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man detained at Lisbon airport for…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal approves extension of COVID-19 emergency

Portugal’s parliament on Friday approved a 15-day extension of a state of emergency to Dec. 23 under a decree that envisages a further extension into January, as the government prepared…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal can get Pfizer COVID-19 shots within 3 days of EU approval, company says

Pfizer's Portuguese unit said the pharmaceutical company would be able to distribute its COVID-19 vaccine in the Iberian country three days after the European Union's medicines agency (EMA) has given…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal to ban domestic travel, close schools around national holidays

Portugal is to ban domestic travel and close schools around two upcoming holidays in a bid to reduce the spread of coronavirus ahead of Christmas, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal’s health system under pressure as cases hit new record

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Portugal pushed past the 200,000 mark on Friday as the number of new daily infections reached a record high, putting increasing pressure on an already fragile…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal expands COVID-19 curfew and weekend lockdown to more areas

Portugal announced an expansion of a nightly curfew and weekend lockdown already in place across more than 100 municipalities to a further 77 areas as it scrambles to contain the…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal imposes local night-time curfews as COVID-19 cases hit record

Portugal will impose localised night-time curfews from Monday to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases reached a record high, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced in the early…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal parliament approve COVID-19 state of emergency

Portugal's parliament approved a new state of emergency starting on Monday to fight the spread of the coronavirus that has put the healthcare system under pressure. The initial state of…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal PM Costa asks president to declare COVID-19 emergency

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa asked the country's president on Monday to declare a state of emergency as a preventive measure to fight the spread of coronavirus at a time…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal reimposes partial lockdown in most of the country

Portugal's government on Saturday announced new lockdown restrictions from Nov. 4 for most of the country, telling people to stay at home except for outings for work, school or shopping,…

Read More from CDE News

Spain and Portugal adopt tough measures to curd Covid-19 increase

Spain will close bars and restaurants across Catalonia for the next 15 days following a surge in cases, as the country tackles one of the highest rates of infection in…

Read More from CDE News

Photo Story: October pilgrimage to Fatima Sanctuary

The procession of the Our Lady of Fatima in the Shrine of Fatima, Portugal, that was held on Tuesday 13 October 2020. According to the plan already approved by the…

Read More from CDE News

Photo Story: October Pilgrimage to Fatima Sanctuary in times of pandemic

A pilgrim sits in one of painted circles that delimit the area and distance between pilgrims in the Marian shrine Fatima Sanctuary, Fatima, Ourem, Portugal. The shrine enclosure features painted…

Read More from CDE News

Pandemic forces Europe’s largest tech event to go fully online

Web Summit, Europe's biggest technology conference, will be held entirely online in December due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has forced the cancellation or postponement of many major events this…

Read More from CDE News

Portuguese workers demand higher salaries

Thousands of workers gathered in cities and towns across Portugal on Saturday demanding higher wages and more government action to protect jobs threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. During the peaceful…

Read More from CDE News

Back-to-work measures tightened in Lisbon, restrictions on cafes near schools

Stricter measures will be adopted in Portugal's two biggest cities to contain a worrying rise in coronavirus cases as workers slowly return to offices and pupils gear up to go…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal ‘regrets’ England’s decision to remove country from safe travel list

Portugal's foreign ministry said it regrets England's decision on Thursday to reimpose a quarantine regime for travellers from mainland Portugal, which has hit the tourism-dependent country hard. "We regret the…

Read More from CDE News

Photo Story: Forest fire in Oliveira de Frades, Portugal

A child inside a car near a forest fire in Oliveira de Frades, northern Portugal. This forest fire mobilized 327 firemen, 103 land vehicles and 8 airplanes. People watch a…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal reported 486 new cases; record daily increase since May

Portugal reported 486 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, its biggest daily increase since the week its lockdown was lifted in May. The cumulative total of cases now is 59,943, the health…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal’s COVID-19 cases raise UK quarantine fears

As coronavirus cases in Portugal go up and down, fears are growing that Britain will reimpose a quarantine for people travelling from the country. It has been less than two…

Read More from CDE News

British flock to Portugal’s Algarve as quarantine rules lifted, airport struggles

Portugal is sending border control reinforcements to an airport in the sunny Algarve as authorities struggle to cope with a surge in arrivals of British tourists after quarantine rules were…

Read More from CDE News

Rise in Portugal’s unemployment slows, but jobless figure up 37% on year ago

The number of people registered as unemployed in Portugal edged up 0.2% in July from the previous month, but was 37% higher year-on-year due to the impact of the coronavirus…

Read More from CDE News

Portuguese President rescues two after kayak capsizes

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has helped rescue two women who came into difficulty at an Algarve beach when their kayak capsized. BBC reports that the president, 71, was…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal keeps Lisbon under stricter COVID curbs until end-August

The Portuguese capital and its surrounds will remain under tougher anti-coronavirus restrictions than the rest of the country until at least the end of August, the government said on Thursday.…

Read More from CDE News

Only 2.9% of Portuguese with antibodies to Covid-19

The percentage of the Portuguese population with antibodies (seroprevalence) to the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus is estimated at 2.9 percent, a lower than necessary value to achieve potential group immunity. According to…

Read More from CDE News

Photo Story: Fatal airplane crash during firefighting operations in Portugal

A Spanish fireman near the plane's wreckage of Canadair CL215 that was participating in the firefighting operations on Saturday at Peneda Geres National Park, Lindoso, Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The…

Read More from CDE News

Porto stun Benfica to clinch domestic double

Portuguese champions Porto completed the domestic double in style on Saturday as a pair of second-half headers by defender Chancel Mbemba gave them a 2-1 win over Benfica in the…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal’s GDP registered biggest contraction ever recorded

Portugal's gross domestic product shrank 14.1% in the second quarter of 2020, marking the biggest contraction ever, as lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak hit key…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal’s nightclubs and bars allowed to reopen but with restrictions

Clubbers in Portugal eager to shake off the coronavirus blues will have to wait a little longer to dance the night away, as nightclubs were given the green light…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal’s TAP to resume 40% of pre-COVID flights in September

Portuguese airline TAP said on Monday it would resume 40% of its pre-coronavirus crisis operations in September, gradually restoring flights after travel demand collapsed in the pandemic. TAP was forced…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal blaze under control, but firefighters on alert

More than 850 firefighters brought a huge wildfire sweeping across part of central Portugal under control on Monday as the country entered a state of alert due to the high…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal on high alert as firefighters battle blaze

Portugal will go on high alert as more than 850 firefighters struggle to put out a fire sweeping across part of the country’s central region on Sunday, with strong winds…

Read More from CDE News

Cash-strapped Algarve fights for survival

In his near-empty pub in the Algarve in southern Portugal, Samuel Tilley is fuming that coronavirus regulations in his home country Britain are keeping tourists away, further jeopardizing an already…

Read More from CDE News

Madeleine McCann suspect investigated over rape link

Portuguese police are investigating whether a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case may also be linked to a rape in the Algarve three years before. Child sex offender Christian B…

Read More from CDE News

Benfica keep slim title hopes alive with 2-0 win over Guimaraes

Benfica kept their slim hopes of winning the Portuguese title alive as a first-half goal from midfielder Chiquinho and a late second from substitute Haris Seferovic gave them a hard-fought…

Read More from CDE News

Searches in three wells in Portugal for evidence in Madeleine McCann disappearance

Portuguese police and firefighters have explored three old, disused wells in their search for the body of missing Madeleine McCann. The operation in a remote corner of the Algarve coast…

Read More from CDE News

Madeleine McCann murder suspect paedophile past, slipped through net of investigators

The main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case twice slipped through the net of Portuguese investigators, court documents and witness testimony suggest. Sky News reports that Court documents from the suspect's…

Read More from CDE News

Talks between Portugal and UK about tourism underway

Talks between Portuguese and British authorities are under way ahead of the UK's reevaluation of its decision to keep Portugal off its list for coronavirus restriction-free travel, Prime Minister Antonio…

Read More from CDE News

Anger in Portugal at exclusion from UK safe travel list

Portugal's tourism sector reacted with fury and disbelief at Britain's decision to maintain a quarantine regime for travellers coming from Portugal despite having a higher number of coronavirus cases and…

Read More from CDE News

Portugal seals final deal with TAP’s private shareholders

Portugal's government announced it sealed a final deal with private shareholders of ailing flag carrier TAP to take a controlling stake in the airline while avoiding nationalisation. "TAP is too…

Read More from CDE News