Portugal’s Finance Minister says Brexit is “a chaos”
Brexit is a chaos that does not help anyone,” says Portugal’s Finance Minister, adding that...
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Month: December 2018
Workers of failed laundry stage festive ‘sit in’ to save machines from scrap
As many people leave work early today ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations, spare a thought for 43 laundry staff of Quimiparque in Barreiro, who have been living alongside their washing machines since November. The reason? The...
Read MoreControversy as State ‘demands’ €38 million from private hospitals
APHP, the Portuguese association of private hospitals is in uproar over a demand by State entity ADSE for “the return of €38 million”. ADSE maintains the money was overcharged for surgeries and other treatments for public sector...
Read MoreKiller hornets claim third Portuguese fatality
A 47-year-old electrician on his Christmas holidays with family in Vila Verde died on Boxing Day after being stung by a swarm of killer hornets (Portuguese name: vespa asiática, or vespa velutina)....
Read MoreAL now “almost size of hotel sector”
With the country’s hotel industry described before Christmas as “increasingly worried about Brexit”, the Bank of Portugal has produced a report highlighting just how many inroads AL (local lodging/ ‘alojamento local’) has made...
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