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More than seven thousand Portuguese have acquired British citizenship since “Brexit”

Comparing 2019 with 2016, the year when the United Kingdom left the European Union, the number of Portuguese who were granted British citizenship tripled.

Ana Cristina Pereira

Director-general of Justice Policy resigns over incorrect note about European prosecutor

Miguel Romão had been appointed less than a month ago by Van Dunem for the position he had held, as a substitute, since December 2018. Five-year service commission lasted just over three weeks. He highlights that the minister's office knew about the full content of the document.

Mariana Oliveira

Tourists, emigrants and a person from the continent: the new coronavirus strain entered Madeira

All reported cases were detected before the 20th of December, and are still in isolation in Madeira.

Márcio Berenguer

How do we manage our lives in the face of the unpredictable?

We want to feel that we have control over something, but in 2020 the ground insists on escaping from beneath our feet. The quarantines, the tests, the neighbors, friends and co-workers that tested positive, the government's constant announcements about curfews and travel between municipalities. Life insists on changing from one moment to the next - and we're all, whether better or worse, learning how to deal with it.

Alexandra Prado Coelho

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Marco Neves Ferreira

Only 61% of Portuguese say they are available to take the vaccine as soon as possible

The predisposition for immunization against the pandemic virus seems to be decreasing among the Portuguese, while the virus tends to be seen as less dangerous. A survey by the Centre for Studies and Opinion Polls at the Catholic University also shows that 32% of respondents will try to postpone their turn to take the vaccine or even intend to reject it.

Natália Faria

The ten DGS recommendations to avoid infection at Christmas

The Direcção-Geral da Saúde (DGS: Directorate-General of Health of Portugal) calls for compliance with the measures currently in place in the municipalities and for keeping contacts to a bare minimum, limiting gatherings to one’s own household whenever possible.

He was a traffic police officer who wanted to save a victim of domestic violence and was killed by a prison guard

PSP (the national civil preventive police force of Portugal), GNR (national gendarmerie force) and PJ (the national criminal investigation police agency) joined forces, and, in a few hours, the hit and run suspect (vehicular manslaughter) was detained and his vehicle apprehended. The prison guard had already served time for a DUI.

Ana Cristina Pereira

SEF national director resigns nine months after Ihor Homenyuk’s death

The director was under a wave of criticism following the death of Ukrainian citizen Ihor Homenyuk, which occurred on March 12 at the Lisbon airport detention center. The Ministry of Internal Administration considers restructuring SEF (the Portuguese Foreigners and Borders Service), something that was already in the Government programme in 2019.

Joana Gorjão Henriques

‘Living on bread and water’ movement ends hunger strike after almost a week

José Gouveia and Ljubomir Stanisic satisfied as they leave meeting with mayor of Lisbon.

Lusa

Covid-19 Vaccine in Portugal: 950 thousand people will be vaccinated as of January. Know the priority groups

Vaccine against covid-19 will arrive in Portugal in early January. In the first phase, between January and February, 950 thousand people will be vaccinated.

Miguel Dantas