Israel has detected a case of monkeypox disease for the first time in 2023, the country’s Health Ministry said in a statement. A man in his 50s who travelled from Portugal to Israel contracted the disease despite being vaccinated against the virus, the Ministry noted on Thursday. According to the Ministry, vaccinated people may contract … Read more
Lisbon Reuters — Thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon and other cities across Portugal on Saturday in protest against soaring rents and house prices at a time when high inflation is making it even tougher for people to make ends meet. “There is a huge housing crisis today,” Rita Silva, from the … Read more
A requirement for banks in the European Union to issue debt to plug depleted capital in a crisis is particuarly challenging for lenders from Greece, Italy and Portugal, the bloc’s banking watchdog said on Monday. After taxpayers had to bail out undercapitalised lenders in the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, banks have … Read more
‘Fado da Terra Lenta’ has contemporary orchestration with instruments and choral voices not used in the old fado form ‘Fado da Terra Lenta’ has contemporary orchestration with instruments and choral voices not used in the old fado form Alentejo is a cling-to-the coastline town on the western edge of Portugal, facing the thunderous trade winds … Read more
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain, France and Portugal had agreed Thursday to build an energy pipeline linking the Iberian peninsula to the rest of Europe, reviving a project long-resisted by Paris. The new project, which Sanchez dubbed a Green Energy Corridor, would replace an earlier plan dubbed MidCat that emerged a decade ago … Read more
CNN — Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN’s partner channel CNN Portugal that he was “responsible that it doesn’t happen anymore.” In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in Rome last month, the Pontiff said the church had “zero tolerance” for abuse and said … Read more
Joao Palhinha and Manchester United’s Diogo Dalot make their full internatonal debuts for Portugal, having been picked ahead of Danilo and Nelson Semedo. The out-of-form Bruno Fernandes is again omitted. Belgium’s team is pretty much as expected; Thomas Vermaelen has been chosen as the third centre-back. Belgium (3-4-2-1) Courtois; Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen; Meunier, Tielemans, Witsel, … Read more
4.47pm BST16:47 Less than 15 minutes until kick-off in Munich. You’ve got time to read Andy Hunter’s match report from Hungary 1-1 France, a result which has rather blown Group F open: Antoine Griezmann rescues France but cannot quieten the Hungary delirium Updated at 4.48pm BST 4.42pm BST16:42 There’s a bit of analysis now, on … Read more
Hungary: Gulácsi, Fiola, Orbán, Attila Szalai, Lovrencsics, Kleinheisler, Nagy, Schäfer, Botka, Sallai, Adam Szalai Subs: Dibusz, Bogdan, Lang, Kecskés, Cseri, R. Varga, Siger, K Varga, Nikolic, Schon, Bolla Portugal: Rui Patrício, Semedo, Rúben Dias, Pepe, Guerreiro, Danilo, William, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota Subs: Lopes, Rui Silva, Fonte, Joao Moutinho, Andre Silva, … Read more
In February, a small number of cases of the UK or Alpha variant were found with a mutation, called E484K, that is already seen in the South Africa variant. It was feared this change could reduce vaccine effectiveness, but the mutation never took off. Source link