Portugal enters third phase of deconfinement. Know the changes in rules.

The Government has announced the measures of the third phase of deconfinement due to the covid-19 pandemic. The new phase sees further restrictions being lifted in most areas of the country with different rules for Lisbon. In the Metropolitan Area of ??Lisbon, the lifting of some restrictions foreseen in the th...

Coronavirus in Belgium : 125 new infections, 29 hospital admissions

Brussels. 125 additional people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium, confirmed the Federal Public Health Service during a press conference on Friday. This brings the total number of cases in Belgium since the beginning of the pandemic to 58,186. The total reflects all people in ...

Ramadan: German church opens doors for Muslim prayers

. BBC A church in Berlin has opened its doors to Muslim worshippers unable to fit into their mosque under new social distancing rules. "It is a great sign and it brings joy in Ramadan and joy amid this crisis," the mosque's imam told Reuters news agency. "This pandemic has made us a community. Crises bring peop...

Portugal exceeds 30 thousand cases of Covid-19

LISBON . This Friday, Portugal registers 30,200 cases of Covid-19, 288 more cases (+ 1%) than the previous day, and 1289 deaths, 12 more deaths (0.9%) than on Thursday. In relation to recovered patients, the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health released this Friday reports more tha...

Government advisory committee assessing 20 countries for tourism in Cyprus

. Dinesh Gautam,Cyprus A list of 20 countries from which Cyprus could potentially receive visitors this summer is currently being assessed by the government advisory committee on coronavirus, one of its members said on Thursday. The list was given to the committee by deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdio...

Government consider extending ‘lay-off’ : President Marcelo

LISBON. The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, suggested on 20 May that the Government consider extending the 'lay-off', if there is financial availability for this, to contain the increase in unemployment. Speaking to journalists outside the restaurant "A Valenciana" in Lisbon, where he had...