Players from the Belenenses team criticized sporting officials for demanding the match go on, saying soccer had “lost its heart.”
Tag: Portugal
Europe Toughens Rules for Unvaccinated as Fourth Covid Wave Swells
Austria took the hardest line yet on Monday, beginning a lockdown aimed exclusively at those who are not inoculated, part of a pattern to make life harder for resisters.
Portugal Bars Employers From Contacting Remote Workers Off Hours
A new law, passed on Friday and in effect this weekend, is one of the world’s boldest efforts to regulate the remote work that the pandemic forced on many in the industrialized world.
In Portugal, There Is Virtually No One Left to Vaccinate
Portugal is among the most highly vaccinated countries in the world. Vice Adm. Henrique Gouveia e Melo, who led the campaign, said there was a key to his success: Keep politics out of it.
A Portuguese TV Star, Known for Feuding With Immigrants, Wants to Run for Mayor
A mayoral bid by a TV commentator known for her inflammatory messaging on race raises a larger question: How should Portugal address its colonial legacy?
America’s Afghan War: A Defeat Foretold?
Recent history suggests that it is foolish for Western powers to fight wars in other people’s lands and that the U.S. intervention was almost certainly doomed from the start.
How Peppers Proliferated Around the Planet
In the world’s plant gene banks, scientists studied how so many varieties of the humble capsicum worked their way onto our plates.
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, 84, Dies; Key Figure in Portugal Revolt
He became a national hero in the 1974 “Carnation Revolution,” which ousted a dictatorship. But he later landed in prison for links to a terrorist group.
Portugal Reintroduces Curfews as Delta Variant Spreads
The decision comes as countries are forced to revisit earlier moves to reopen their societies, even as hospitalizations and deaths remain far lower than in earlier waves of the pandemic.
Portugal Reintroduces Nighttime Curfews As Delta Variant Spreads
Among the 45 municipalities that will have a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. are the cities of Lisbon and Porto, and the tourism hub of Albufeira.