“Majority of Portuguese think Mário Centeno should continue as central bank governor”
Yesterday’s ‘exclusive’ broken by SIC, that the government will not be extending the mandate of Mário Centeno, as Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Socialist party leader Pedro Nuno Santos
Mortality higher than it was during two years of pandemic
Surge of respiratory infections sees various hospitals activate contingency plans The first two weeks of 2025 saw more deaths than during the same period in 2022 and 2023, “years marked
Portuguese ‘jihadi’ in process of repatriation from Iraq
Nero Saraiva, one of the last surviving Portuguese ‘jihadis’ that fought with ISIS/ Daesh, is in the process of being repatriated to Portugal in order to serve out the remainder
New land law will bring property prices down by 20% – government
Or does it spell “catastrophe” as detractors claim? The new land law, promulgated with clear reservations by President Marcelo at the end of December last year, will allow municipalities to
Government presents 30 measures to reduce Portugal’s fiscal bureaucracy
Objective: to simplify procedures for businesses/ families Today’s Council of Ministers, has seen the government approve a set of 30 tax simplification measures, the vast majority of which focus on
Government will not be sanctioning second mandate for governor of central bank
An ‘exclusive’ today claims the government will not be sanctioning a second mandate for governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno – the country’s former Socialist finance minister whose
Government “has no more it can offer sapper firefighters”
Following the 9th meeting today, in which sapper firefighters were offered salary increases to 2027 of 37%, the government has said it cannot offer anything more. It is now up
Body of young man who ‘fled police’ recovered from Mondego river
The body of a young man has been recovered from the Mondego river in Coimbra this morning, after he reportedly jumped in to the river to flee PSP police. This
Lisbon university heads EU-China lab to develop flexible electronics
Lisbon’s Universidade Nova is leading a Sino-European laboratory in China dedicated to flexible electronics, from biomedical applications to solar cells that can go into space, scientist Elvira Fortunato has told
Onyria hotel group takes over running of Chateau des Vigiers in France
Portuguese hotel group Onyria announced today that it has taken over the management and operation of the Château des Vigiers in France, in what it stresses is ‘a decisive step’