UN secretary general lambasts “lack of ambition” at COP25
António Guterres, former PS prime minister and current UN secretary general, has lambasted the so-called ‘international community’ for its “lack of ambition” at COP25, the climate change conference that ended
“Historic” State Budget delivered to parliament today amid cacophony of criticism
It’s the news of the day – more for the controversy swirling around it than for the measures themselves. The first State Budget ever to be drawn up at a
Monte Gordo migrants admit “we were in a group of 12”
The nigglingly odd story of how eight young Moroccans managed to travel almost 700 kms to Portugal by sea in a rickety old fishing boat has started unravelling – lending
Sado dredging begins: biologist appeals to ‘all Portuguese’ to help stop the destruction
Late on Thursday evening – long after darkness had fallen – the ‘unthinkable’ for so many campaigners began: a dredger working for Setúbal ports authority began scooping up the first
UK’s election results “positive for Portugal”, says president
The UK’s election results have been dubbed “positive for Portugal” by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – for the simple fact that they finally clear the way for “an orderly
Unions storm out of negotiations over State Budget, dubbing proposed salary increases “an insult”
With proposals for the government’s 2020 State Budget (OE 2020) being revealed bit by bit in the press, today saw Frente Comum – the Common Front of public sector syndicates
New Argentine government sees Portugal as ‘second gateway to Europe’
Portugal is one of a clutch of European countries that sent representatives to the inauguration of the new president of Argentina this week – in the hope that the future
Portugal’s controversial gas and oil drilling ‘masterplan’ categorically dumped
Portugal’s highly controversial, deeply fought masterplan to sell gas and oil drilling exploration rights north and south over land and sea has finally, categorically, been dumped. Talking to journalists at
Portugal becomes 34th International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance member
Coinciding with the fleeting visit to Portugal of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyhau, Portugal has become the 34th member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The news comes just a
Portugal “resists US appeal to bar Huawei from 5G network”
Portugal won’t exclude Chinese companies from supplying technology for the country’s next generation 5G network. This was billed as the bottom line coming out of a meeting yesterday between senior