Foreign press focuses on Portugal’s socialist v far-right runoff
International media on Monday focused on the second-round contest in Portugal’s presidential election between surprise socialist candidate António José Seguro and far-right leader André Ventura, while highlighting the defeat of
Countdown to results: Portugal’s presidential elections, round one
21.55: Official results now put António José Seguro on 30.6%; André Ventura on 24.3%; Cotrim de Figueiredo on 15.5% and Henrique Gouveia e Melo in 4th place with 12.2%. This
Presidential elections: abstention rate ‘down’; results to start coming through from 8pm
Voter turnout for the election today of the next President of the Republic stood at 45.51% as of 4pm, according to data from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of
Pressure ramps up on ‘undocumented Portuguese’ living in United States
With European leaders meeting today to discuss the response to President Trump’s economic blackmailing attempts in order to take control of Greenland, reports in Portugal are referring to the increasing
Trump vows to implement wave of increasing tariffs on European allies
President Trump has today vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland. In a post on his social
Portugal “cannot accept” US intervention in Greenland – Marcelo
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has made it clear that any military intervention in Greenland by the US that violates international law would be unacceptable for the country. Speaking
Government moves to protect Portugal’s Calçada cobblestone
The Portuguese government is creating a working group to protect and revitalise Portuguese Calçada, the traditional hand-laid cobblestone pavements that are a defining feature of towns and cities across the
Flu cases decreasing – but ‘excess mortality’ still an issue
Portugal is recording fewer cases of flu, and a reduction in hospitalisations in intensive care, according to INSA – the public health institute Dr Ricardo Jorge. The latest figures for
‘Harry Potter’ operation leads to four arrests in doping probe
Portuguese PJ police have arrested four men in the Lisbon metropolitan area as part of an operation dubbed “Harry Potter”, targeting the illegal trafficking and use of banned substances and
Celebrities affected by hospital body blunder
Another (rare) ‘hospital mix-up’ – when the wrong body is released to a family for burial – happened this week in Lisbon, but it differs from the norm by involving