Portugal - The African Mirror

Jun

2021

UEFA drop Neuer armband investigation

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FOOTBALL body UEFA have confirmed that it has dropped their investigation into Germany captain Manuel Neuer’s use of a rainbow armband during pride month. The Germany FA (DFB) made the announcement on Twitter, stating that UEFA determined the armband to be a team symbol for diversity and therefore was for a "good cause." “UEFA have today shared with the DFB that they have stopped the review of the rainbow captain's armband worn by @Manuel_Neuer," Germany's football team said in posts on Twitter and Facebook. “In a letter, the armband has been assessed as a team symbol for…

Apr

2021

By The African Mirror

14-day quarantine for South Africans travelling to Portugal

COVID-19

PORTUGAL has extended restrictions on travel via land and sea to Spain that had been due to end this weekend until April 15 as it works to contain the spread of COVID-19. The two countries imposed the restrictions on January 28. The interior ministry said the restrictions would remain in place for a further 11 days, adding that the measures did not prevent citizens or residents of Portugal from entering the country. Vehicles transporting goods, emergency vehicles and seasonal border workers are also exempt. Nationals from Britain, Brazil and South Africa - where more contagious coronavirus variants were first detected…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

‘Confront your colonial past’

NEWS

VICTORIA WALDERSEE and CATARINA DEMONY EUROPE’S top human rights group yesterday told Portugal to do more to confront its colonial past and role in the transatlantic slave trade in order to help fight racism and discrimination in the country today. The comments by the Council of Europe come as debate in Portugal over how to remember its history heated up in recent months as the country prepares to unveil its first memorial to victims of slavery, in Lisbon. The memorial - rows of sugar cane painted in black - was designed by Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda and funded by…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Portugal to quarantine travellers from South Africa

COVID-19

PORTUGAL announced yesterday that passengers arriving from South Africa via a stopover in another country must also quarantine for 14 days and present a negative COVID-19 test taken 72 hours before arrival. Direct flights from South Africa have already been halted and although few cases of the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa have been diagnosed in Portugal so far, the measure was intended to prevent any further spread, the ministry said. Flights to and from Brazil and Britain have been suspended until the end of the month, also to prevent contagion of COVID-19 variants. Passengers arriving through a…