ACT and Social Security inspected companies and found lay-off employees working

LISBON. The Authority for Working Conditions (ACT) and the Social Security Institute (ISSI) inspected 2,100 companies and more than 16,000 workers between 29 May and 12 June and detected situations with signs of irregularity, such as employees working in its simplified lay-off regime and workers not declared to ...

Covid-19 outbreak among immigrants causes clashes in southern Italian city

- Ciro De Luca Italy sent soldiers to restore order in a seaside town near Naples after an outbreak of coronavirus in an apartment block illegally occupied by hundreds of immigrant workers sparked violent clashes with residents. On Thursday, the authorities announced that more than 40 people living in the aba...

Portugal again implements lockdown measures in Lisbon

LISBON. People in different parts of greater Lisbon will have to return to their homes as of next week, while Portuguese officials deal with a worrying wave of coronaviruses in the city's peripheries, the government announced on Thursday. Residents of affected areas of the capital - which represent a total...

16 employees of Fátima Sanctuary infected with coronavirus

LUSA. The Sanctuary of Fátima has 16 cases of internal and external collaborators infected with covid-19, the Catholic religious institution said in a statement today. According to the statement, on Friday the Sanctuary of Fátima was informed that a collaborator was infected, so it gave an indication of prop...