Left Bloc warns of ‘enormous risk’ of ‘hoping banks will come up with solution for mortgage increases’
Catarina Martins speaks on day marked by political ‘groundhog’ announcements On yet another day where the government re-releases policies it has announced previously, as if somehow they are new, Bloco
PM “refuses dramatism” over rising interest rates
“Prudence needed” regarding mortgage payments Portugal’s prime minister António Costa has said today that the impact of rising interest rates on home loans is being monitored by the government and
Iniciativa Liberal ‘brings forwards internal elections’: current leader to step down
João Cotrim de Figueiredo, leader of Iniciativa Liberal – Portugal’s 4th political force in terms of parliamentary representation – has announced he will stepping down at the next elections for
Lisbon Socialists want time limit for selective short-term lets
Limit to apply in areas “where scarcity (of permanent housing) has been created” PS Socialists on Lisbon city council have called on parliament to change the rules relating to short-term
Cronyism within Portugal’s PS Socialist party? Tabloid opens new ‘can of worms’
… “criminal case hits heart of Socialist apparatus” On the very day the ‘incompatibilities row’ affecting various Socialist government ministers and secretaries of state is due to be debated in
PM announces joint Iberian energy storage project
Prime Minister António Costa has announced today a “very important project” between Portugal and Spain for joint energy storage on the Iberian Peninsula, which will allow emergency situations – like
PS urges PSD to work together towards Algarve Central Hospital
Socialist MPs call for “compromise and convergence” It is time to let bygones be bygones – at least when it comes to the Algarve Central Hospital. This is the main
CHEGA promotes new trades union of the Right
Solidariedade will unite teachers, healthcare workers, civil servants and security forces CHEGA, Portugal’s ‘third political force’, and certainly one of the most outspoken, is preparing for the country’s first ‘syndical
Foreign affairs minister attempts to make up for Josep Borrell’s ‘jungle’ comments
Portugal’s foreign affairs minister João Gomes Cravinho has sought to calm the waters after Josep Borrell’s comments about the EU being a ‘garden’, with “most of the rest of the
CHEGA moves forwards on changes to incompatibilities law
CHEGA appears to be the only political party prepared to move forwards with proposals on how to firm up the ‘incompatibilities law’, to ensure no further cases bob to the