Political meltdown: PM refuses calls to remodel government
Prime Minister clashes with President following latest TAP-related PR disaster After days of extraordinary revelations – prompted by the parliamentary inquiry into exactly what is going on at State-controlled airline
Time for TAP inquiry to hear both sides involved in ‘deplorable situation’
João Galamba and Frederico Pinheiro to go before MPs “with maximum urgency” The TAP parliamentary commission of inquiry has today unanimously approved of the hearing “with maximum urgency” of both
More mud swirls in Portugal’s political crisis
PM “wanted parliament dissolved”; President didn’t More mud is swirling today, in the wake of the prime minister’s extraordinary announcement last night. Miguel Albuquerque, president of Madeira’s regional government, has
Political crisis takes new turn as PM ‘refuses’ minister’s resignation
Costa admits “many may not understand, but I am acting on my conscience” In an extraordinary hour of live television, the country learnt this evening that infrastructures minister João Galamba
Parliamentary delegation visits Kiev; CHEGA among those excluded
Delegation travelling with parliamentary leader Augusto Santos Silva President of the assembly of the Republic Augusto Santos Silva is on an official visit to Ukraine in the company of various
Foreign minister starts Africa week in Luanda
Portugal’s minister of foreign affairs arrives in Angola tomorrow, for the first stage of a week in Africa, which includes Rwanda and Ethiopia, and will also serve to prepare the
Calls from all directions for dismissal of Infrastructures minister
Even PS party leader says it’s time to “freshen up” absolute majority executive Labour Day Bank Holiday may not see any changes to the latest political meltdown that has been
PSD leader prepares new government with major ‘heavyweights’ “beside him”
Former PMs Passos Coelho, Durão Barroso, Pinto Balsemão – and Cavaco – in Montenegro’s corner With the TAP theatre undermining confidence in Portugal’s absolute majority government, national media today is
Ovibeja opens without invite to minister
Ovibeja, one of the largest rural fairs dedicated to agriculture, has opened for its 2023 edition, without inviting minister for agriculture Maria do Céu Antunes. Little details like this will
Standing ovation for President’s praise of immigrants
President Marcelo has condemned Portuguese people who are “selfish in the face of the dramas of immigrants”, who, he said, “build Portugal, pay into Social Security, create wealth“. This statement,