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Employment Services With Video Conference Service. Announced By IEFP - Instituto de Emprego e Formação Profissional. As of May, IEFP reinforces alternative channels to face-to-face service and promotes service to job seekers using the video conference platform. In order to facilitate widespread access to the information and services provided by it, IEFP, IP has focused on diversifying its access channels and providing remote services to citizens and entities, namely the IEFP online portal, email and the Information Center. Contact. In continuity with the strategy of modernization of employment services, IEFP, IP implements a new service of distance attendance, through videoconference, which allows communication with its users to be done quickly, reducing time and avoiding travel employment services. The aim of this initiative is to improve the quality of the response to jobseekers, through the development of the technical interventions necessary for their insertion proc...

Up To 350 Euros Fines For Those Who Do Not Wear A Mask In Public Transport - Announced By António Costa. António Costa revealed this Thursday in an interview with RTP 1 that there will be fines for those who do not use masks in public transport. Although the use of a mask is mandatory also in schools, shops and in closed spaces with many people, only in public transport will fine be imposed. "We have now established a timetable for what we think is possible, but for each restriction, we lift, the risk of contagion increases. We will reopen the neighbourhood stores, but we will have to wear a mask in public transport, in schools, in shops and in closed places with many people ", warned the prime minister. Regarding the lifting of the state of emergency and the decree of the state of calamity, which starts this Sunday at 0.00, Costa says that the danger has not disappeared, but that Portugal has entered a new phase, in which it will have to live with the CO...

Uber Eats Demand Soars Due To COVID-19 Crisis. While much of the world is social-distancing, under quarantine, or in total lockdown due to COVID-19, it appears to have given some business a boost - in Portugal at least. According to a report published at The Information, Uber Eats has seen a sizable surge, in a number of key areas. In addition to increased sales, Uber Eats has reportedly seen a 30% surge in customers signing up for the service and it has received an influx of new drivers as well. Uber’s rideshare business has slowed considerably during the pandemic, and drivers that once engaged exclusively with Uber have now turned to Uber Eats to supplement their income. The increase in Uber Eats ’business isn’t likely to offset the decrease in Uber’s ride-share demand, but it is a glimmer of positivity among mostly bad news lately. Then again, the additional business will possibly increase Uber Eats ’losses. The service reportedly loses money on most orders and...

Rules For Establishments That Reopen: Only After 10 Am And With One Person For Every 20 Square Meters. The capacity for commercial and service spaces will be 1 person per 20m2. In a 200m2 store (the largest to reopen), there maybe 10. You cannot wait to be seen inside the hairdresser. The Government published in the Diário da República (electronic) the decree declaring the situation of the calamity in the country from May 4, outlined after the resolution of the Council of Ministers. The order details some rules for the commercial spaces that will be able to remain open - in the case, for example, of “flower selling establishments”, but also grocery stores, kiosks and some other specific commercial points that exceptionally maintained activity - and for those that reopen next Monday, May 4th. This is the case with car stands and bookstores, regardless of the area, but also stores with open doors to the street up to 200m2 and establishments providing personal hygiene services, ...

President Trump Makes May Day Call To Belém And Congratulates Portuguese Response To Pandemic. US President Donald J Trump has called Portugal’s head of state President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa this May Day afternoon for a “very cordial” discussion on “diverse subjects of bilateral interest”. He took the opportunity to “praise the Portuguese response” says a note on the official site of the Portuguese presidency, and “offer all help that may be considered useful and necessary”. Handling what has become the world’s worst outbreak of the new coronavirus - both in terms of cases (over one million) and deaths (approaching 64,000), Mr Trump appears to have called over matters “of an economic nature and the international situation”. Says the presidential portal: “The two presidents shared the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, the way each of the countries has faced the illness and its propagation”. One subject referred to as “the participation of a Portuguese compan...

Portugal And 11 Other EU Countries Defend Flight 'Vouchers' Instead Of Refunds. Portugal and 11 other European Union (EU) countries have asked the Commission for a temporary change in the rules for passengers with cancelled flights, for the ability to issue 'vouchers' instead of cash refunds, given carrier difficulties. In a joint statement presented today to the community executive, to which the Lusa agency had access, Portugal, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, France, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands and Poland stress that “the pandemic had an unprecedented impact in international transport, including air transport ”. "Flights have been cancelled and air carriers no longer have a passenger business, but they continue to incur high operating costs," they note in the statement released at the meeting of EU Transport Ministers, which took place this afternoon. For these 12 Member States, the European regulation establ...

Coronavirus: Asylum Seekers Return Portuguese Kindness During COVID-19 Lockdown. When asylum seekers landed in Italian ports last summer from across the Mediterranean, Portugal was one of the European countries that stepped in to help out. It provided support, lodging and access to the country’s healthcare systems to help thousands of refugees. Now those who have benefited from that help are showing their gratitude, by helping in the country’s fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Nadege is one of the five refugees who have been helping, among many Portuguese volunteers, in a solidarity kitchen, organised by The Braga International School, in northern Portugal. “I’ve decided to help because Portugal has helped me and my family when we passed through very difficult moments,” she said. “And to help people who have difficulties is a real pleasure for me.” The kitchen has distributed more than 9,000 meals to those in need. Some have lost their incomes. Ot...

GNR To Put Pensioners In Contact With Families Via Video Calls. Altice Portugal and Huawei Portugal are donating tablets and free internet to GNR police so that officers can put thousands of pensioners in contact with their families via video calls. The goal is to fight the feeling of isolation that some pensioners might experience during the lockdown. GNR Lieutenant General Botelho Miguel said that the police force has a key role in the lives of the elderly, as officer visits are often the only regular social contact they have. Source:  Portugal Resident