Frenetic media focus on presidential elections put down to “excessive speed”
“We are more than a year away” from choosing next president The weekend’s news was filled with breathless reporting on who had (and who still hasn’t) thrown their hat into
Public debt falls to 95.3% of GDP in 2024 – lowest in 14 years
Portugal’s public debt ratio fell to 95.3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2024, down from 97.9% the previous year and the lowest figure since June 2010, the Bank of
Portugal’s PM in Brussels where EU leaders bristle over Trump’s threat of tariffs
“Tariffs raise prices: you don’t need to be a Nobel economist” to work it out With EU leaders meeting in Brussels today, Portugal’s prime minister has reacted to the threat
Woes of Transtejo’s electric ferries persist
Technical problems with charging leave passengers high and dry The ‘wonder of electrification’ has definitely dimmed for Transtejo Soflusa, the state-backed ferry company that so proudly purchased ten electric ferries
“Taxa zero” road safety campaign begins tomorrow
Police are launching a new road safety campaign tomorrow, lasting until Monday February 10, and will be out in force on the nation’s road, breathalysing drivers. The focus will be
Former MP cited for murder ‘free to leave country again’
The extraordinarily long-winded prosecution of former PSD MP Duarte Lima for the murder of an heiress in Brazil 16 years ago has taken a surprising new turn. Two years after
Woman’s body discovered in Trancão river
The body of a woman was discovered in a tributary of the Trancão river, near São Julião do Tojal, Loures yesterday afternoon. The body carried nothing that could identify the
PSD’s presidential candidate offers “ambition, stability, ethics”
In stepping down from his regular television slot to run for the presidency of the republic, former PSD leader Luís Marques Mendes, has stressed his focus will be on “ambition,
PS still not clear on their candidate for presidency
Considering Portugal’s presidential elections do not take place until January next year, there is a huge focus right now on who will be throwing their hats into the ring. Indeed,
Two more presidential candidates ‘declare themselves’
With the Portuguese press focussed on presidential elections which only take place next January, two further political choices have ‘declared themselves’: Luís Marques Mendes, the long-preferred candidate to represent PSD