LISBON—Serbia’s ambassador to Portugal died after falling off a cliff in the beach town of Cascais near Lisbon on Friday, the local fire brigade said. A fire brigade spokesman would not comment on the circumstances that led to the fall, telling Reuters that emergency services rushed to the scene around 1.30 p.m. and found Oliver…
Portugal: Church Sex Abuse Panel Unearths Over 200 Cases
LISBON, Portugal—A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that during its first month of work it received allegations from 214 people. The allegations are from people born between 1933 and 2006 and tell of psychological torment kept secret for decades, the Independent Committee for the Study…
COVID-19 Outbreak Among Fully Vaccinated Cruise Crew Ends New Year’s Trip in Portugal
A cruise ship is stuck in Lisbon, Portugal, amid a COVID-19 outbreak among fully vaccinated crew members, officials said Sunday. The AIDAnova, with 2,844 passengers and 1,353 crew onboard, docked in Portugal on Dec. 29 while en route to Madera for New Year’s celebrations, officials said. But the ship was unable to continue pressing forward…
Portugal Tops List of Global Retirement Destinations
Florida, North Carolina, and Arizona move over. For the eighth year in a row, Portugal has ranked number one for global retirement destinations for residents of the United States and abroad. Live and Invest Overseas, an international publishing firm based in Panama City has just revealed its “World’s Top 15 Retirement Destinations for 2022,” and…
New Post-Christmas Restrictions in Portugal Despite Top Vaccination Rate
The Portuguese government on Tuesday announced a number of new restrictions that will be enacted over the Christmas holidays and the New Year, citing the spread of the Omicron variant. The southern European country has one of the world’s highest vaccination rates against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus—around 87 percent of its 10 million…
A Taste of Porto
A historic city center, colorful buildings with red-tiled roofs, phenomenal foods with a namesake, world-famous wine, and a beautiful river running through it—this is Porto, Portugal’s second city after Lisbon, and a real gem of a travel destination. An Enduring City Back in the days of the Roman Empire, a settlement flourished along the south…
Portugal Probes Local Transmission of Omicron at Soccer Team
November 29, 2021
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LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese health authorities on Monday identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant spreading fast globally, among members of a top soccer club and were investigating whether it was one of the first reported cases of local transmission of the virus outside of southern Africa. The Ricardo Jorge National Health Institute said that…
Serbia Shocks Portugal to Join Spain, Croatia at World Cup
Spain, Serbia, and Croatia are heading to next year’s World Cup. Sweden, Portugal, and Russia aren’t—not yet, anyway. Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute header left Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal stunned in a 2–1 win for Serbia in Lisbon, which gave Serbia an automatic qualifying spot at the World Cup in Qatar. Portugal still has a chance to…
Norway, Portugal to Offer COVID-19 Boosters to People Aged 65 and Older
Norwegian and Portuguese authorities confirmed COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will soon become available for people aged 65 and older. A third dose will start being offered in late October or early November to Norwegians who received their second dose at least six months prior, Health Minister Bent Hoeie said on Tuesday. Hoeie emphasizes that this…
Afghanistan Girls Soccer Team Given Asylum in Portugal
The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that they could leave. One wants to be a doctor, another a movie producer, others engineers. All dream of growing up to be professional soccer players. The message finally came early Sunday: A charter…
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