Doctors bid to change law over organ-harvesting
Plan seeks to “slow down increase in transplant waiting lists” Portugal’s Order of Physicians is preparing a proposal to change the law to allow post-mortem organ harvesting in controlled cardiorespiratory
The inexorable rise of André Ventura: Portugal’s marmite politician
Love him or hate him, Ventura has done more in six years than anyone thought possible With international focus being on the ‘rise of the extreme right’ in Portugal, and
PS ‘catastrophe’ gives José Luís Carneiro second crack at leadership
José Luís Carneiro ‘lost’ to Pedro Nuno Santos in 2023 The unmitigated disaster suffered by PS Socialists (their third worst result in history, according to national reports) saw Pedro Nuno
PM’s gamble pays off: AD stays in driving seat
PS at risk of worst result in history The gamble by Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro to ‘let the people decide’ whether the drama made about his family firm was
Constitutional Court refuses to budge over eight-year jail term for former banker with Alzheimer’s
Former BES boss was seeking to have jail term deemed unconstitutional Portugal’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal filed on behalf of former banking boss Ricardo Salgado, seeking to have
Three reflections today on importance of voting tomorrow – president
… First reflection: “Return to power of Donald Trump” and what it means for world President Marcelo addressed the nation this lunchtime, to bring voters ‘back to reality’ after so
“Almost 1,400 immigrants ask for help to leave Portugal”
Government to seek support from International Organisation for Migration Using a rather confusing headline today, Expresso reports that the government will be seeking support from the International Organisation for Migration
Marcelo addresses nation tomorrow lunchtime, ahead of Sunday elections
Promises it will be “shortest message yet” Portugal’s president Marcelo has announced that he will deliver his customary message on the eve of general elections at 1 pm on Saturday,
Transexual extortionist ‘run to ground in Lisbon’
Trans woman wanted in Brazil to serve 10 year jail term PJ police have detained a transexual woman in Lisbon who fled to Portugal from Brazil in order to escape
Groundbreaking discovery in Portugal “could revolutionise oral treatment of certain types of cancer”
Discovery made at Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine A discovery made at the GIMM Foundation (Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine) “is at the heart of an international agreement” with pharmaceutical