Tourism in 2025 expected to grow between 2% – 5% after “record 2024”
Secretary of state for Tourism Pedro Machado says the government expects tourism to grow this year between 2% and 5%. Speaking at FITUR (Madrid’s international tourism fair, considered one of
Agreement at last with sapper firefighters – at least, most of them
After an intense negotiation process that lasted around three months, the government and six trade unions representing the sapper firefighters reached an agreement today. Minister for Cohesion, Castro Almeida, described
French president Macron to address Portuguese parliament
French president Emmanuel Macron is to address Portugal’s parliament on February 27, at a solemn session attended by Portugal’s head of state Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and prime minister Luís
Rise in infant mortality “a mirror of Portugal’s health service”
The rise in infant mortality in Portugal has today seen nurses and doctors call for the creation of a working group, pointing out (yet again) that there is “a lack
EU growth – below US, China – “will impact Portuguese companies”
Economist gives ‘flip side’ of view promoted at Davos by European Commissioner In spite of the strong words delivered yesterday by European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen at the World
Portugal’s new land law under fire
Government’s plan to release rural land for affordable housing looks like coming unstuck On Friday, parliament will consider the government’s decree to revise the land law, following an outcry
Latest ‘health scandal’ lifts lid on ‘recurrent’ moonlighting within system
Three out of four regional heads of INEM ‘accumulate functions’, like Gandra d’Almeida The truly dismal ‘scandal’ involving the former CEO of the nation’s health service executive, moonlighting for years
Former PM wants to use European legislation to protect citizens from “algorithms controlled by technological oligarchs”
Europe braces ahead of new Trump administration The extent to which the arrival of President Trump appears to be rattling European leaders was shown today by former Portuguese prime minister
Portugal’s ‘years of freedom and progress’ haven’t stopped people losing teeth
Increasing number of people ‘don’t go to dentist’ Portugal’s relationship with dentistry has always been an ‘issue’ – but with the perceived progress of recent years, it is fairly shocking
Government “maintains position of not recognising Palestine”
AD puts further distance between Portugal’s right and left Portugal’s relatively new AD social democrat government says it “maintains its position in not recognising the state of Palestine”. This is