Portugal
Portugal: All-inclusive £99 holidays to Algarve
WeekenderBreaks is selling bargain vacations in Portugal’s Algarve to holidaymakers. In advance of the official launch on the UK’s list of secure travel destinations, the bid was made available today via the offers website Wowcher. Portugal, along with Gibraltar, Israel, and Malta, is being touted as one of the few destinations to begin in […]
Read MorePortugal inaugurates longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world
The 516 Aroucapedestrian suspension bridge in northern Portugal was completed by Portugal’s Institute for Research and Technological Development for Construction, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. The 516-meter-long bridge, which connects two hills with granite cliff faces in the Arouca Geopark, is suspended 175 meters above the Paiva river. The bridge was designed as a […]
Read MorePortugal: Air traffic restrictions extended until mid May
Portugal has extended flight restrictions on non-essential travel from countries with high coronavirus incident rates, such as Brazil, until May 16, and has added India to the list due to the dramatic increase in infections there. Travellers from countries with 500 or more cases per 100,000 people registered in the previous 14 days, such […]
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The European Commission‘s representative, Ursula von der Leyen, declared on April 25 that fully vaccinated Americans would be able to travel. As a result, the travel app Hopper saw a 47 percent increase in airfare requests for summer travel from the United States to Europe. Following von der Leyen’s announcement, Hopper’s analysis team looked […]
Read MorePortugal cinemas reopen their doors to the public
On Monday, April 19, exhibitors posted around 27,000 Euros in box office revenue, according to the Audiovisual Institute (ICA), which collects monthly data on cinema exhibition in the region. However, not all cinemas reopened their doors. ICA reports that it received box office data from 333 cinemas, including independents and multiplexes, housed mostly […]
Read MorePortugal: Covid-19 vaccination certificate not needed for British tourists
RITA MARQUES, Portugal’s Secretary of State for Tourism, told LBC News that, depending on the state of the pandemic at the moment, the country could open its doors to British visitors as early as May or June, with evidence of a negative PCR Covid-19 test taken prior to travel sufficing. “Soon we will welcome […]
Read MorePortugal: Pfizer on top of vaccines with more side effects
After the Covid vaccine was administered in Portugal, it was reported that more than 80% of the negative side effects were related to the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine. According to EudraVigilance, which reported adverse drug reactions, about 3,000 of the 3,650 complaints recorded in Portugal were related to the Pfizer vaccine. At the same […]
Read MorePortugal: Port wine as therapy to skin diseases
Researchers at the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP) have identified molecules from Port wine that can be used to develop drugs for skin diseases such as cancer or psoriasis. In a note posted on the website of the University of Porto, FCUP’s communication office explained that under a research project […]
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