Business confederations lay down conditions for return to negotiations table
Representatives of the four business confederations have explained their no-show earlier today to discuss (the government’s plans for) dishing out €24 billion in Portugal 2030 funding (click here). In a
Portugal “transforming into country of minimum wages”
Announcing an increase in Portugal’s minimum wage to €705 today, PM António Costa is gunning for election victory. But once the fanfare is over (which will be very soon), the
Specialists warn of 5th Covid wave in Portugal, saying even younger generations need boosters
Specialists in Portugal are being credited today with “admitting” that Portugal is on the cusp of a 5th Covid wave. The message powering across the media is that even younger
Face Oculta ‘kingpin’ finally accepts jail
After years in which he has appealed and delayed the verdict, former ‘scrap metal king of Ovar’ Manuel Godinho – the so-called kingpin of the Face Oculta trial (click here)
Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in ‘game changer’ remote work law
New labour laws approved by parliament in the context of the ‘explosion of home working as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic’ make it illegal for bosses to text employees
Missing Portuguese medical student: Czech media says body found
Very sad news this morning: Czech media is reporting that the body of missing Portuguese medical student Tomás Alcaravela has been found on a skylight in the building where he
Portugal’s five ‘main banks’ charge customers €4.4 million per day
Portugal’s five main banks – CGD, Millennium BCP, BPI, Santander Totta and Novo Banco – charge customers €4.4 million in interest/ commissions every day. In the last nine months they
Marcelo rubber-stamps SEF extinction “with reservations”
President Marcelo has rubber-stamped the extinction of borders agency SEF with ‘reservations’. He is unsure of the “juridical characterisation” of the agency to take its place (APMA, or Portuguese agency
Portuguese medical student missing in Czech Republic
A young Portuguese medical student studying at the Charles University in Pilsen, in the Czech Republic has been reported missing from his apartment. 20-year-old Tomás Alcaravela was last seen entering
Political crisis affects growth of Portuguese economy
Expansion of economic activity in Portugal started to slow during the last two weeks of October, closing the month less than 1% up on the same period last year. Expresso