Portugal voted “economy of year” by The Economist magazine
Portugal has been chosen as “economy of the year” by British magazine The Economist, which has compiled data on the economies of 36 of the richest countries in the world
Russia rescinds military accords with Portugal, France and Canada
Russia has terminated decades-old military cooperation agreements with Portugal, France and Canada as tensions increase over EU proposals to use frozen Russian assets to provide loans to Ukraine. The agreement
PM suddenly describes ‘minimum wage of €1600’ as country hurtles towards general strike
Prime Minister and PSD president Luís Montenegro has raised eyebrows again this weekend by suddenly throwing new promises into the arena. As the country hurtles towards a general strike on
Algarve-based INEM emergency medical helicopter inoperational
Making the best of yet another hitch in INEM medical emergency cover, the entity has announced that the Algarve-based helicopter in Loulé is “temporarily inoperable” – ‘while assuring that the
Portuguese businessman at centre of €37 million golden visa pyramid-scheme
Público reports on how a Portuguese businessman “diverted tens of millions of euros from ‘golden visa’ investors by selling apartments that did not exist and promising “impossible returns” for their
Airports’ ‘rigorous, state-of-art’ border controls may be shelved for Christmas
Portugal’s Internal Security System (SSI) “acknowledges that European border controls for non-EU citizens may be suspended during Christmas to avoid queues at airports”, trumpet reports today – following weeks and
Portugal risks being in EU ‘spending bad books’ by spring
Portugal is at risk of “violating European rules on expenditure control” – and if this happens, it could end up back in what is called an ‘Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP)’.
Portugal “in epidemic phase of flu, with growing tendency”
Very much in line with countries like the UK, flu is back in the headlines, with everyone being exhorted to behave themselves so as not to spread it – and
General strike next Thursday is “politically motivated”, PM insists
With emergency paramedics signing up to the general strike next week – and political parties warning the government to ‘start listening to society’ – the prime minister has repeated his
Americans with golden visas lobby Constitutional Court over Nationality Law
American investors with golden visas are lobbying the Constitutional Court over the government’s changes to the Nationality Law. In a legal submission known as Amicus Curiae, the 15 investors –