Next president ‘has to take job to new level’ – analysts
The next Portuguese president will have to be capable of uniting the community and moving from being a secondary figure to “the most prestigious figure in institutions,” according to political
Two years on many people ‘swindled’ by banker “still waiting for their money”
Two years after clients of Ericeira’s Millennium BCP bank woke up to the fact that their accounts were missing what amounted, all told, to “millions of euros”, public prosecutors are
Thursday general strike threatens to spill over to Friday
Public sector unions are calling on their members to hold a ‘second day of paralysation’ this week, following the general strike on Thursday. This way, strikers will get (yet another)
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
Portugal bags 12 world tourism ‘Oscars’
Portugal is still one of the hottest places on the planet to visit, according to the World Travel Awards (WTA) – the so-called ‘Oscars’ of the tourism industry. At this
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