Partygate Portugal: Left Bloc faces fine for living it up at Lisbon HQ
Neighbours complain of “loud music and noise almost every weekend” Raucous partying does not appear to be exclusive to the British Conservative party. Portugal’s Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) is
Portugal refuses Brussels’ call to cut gas consumption
Argues cut would compromise electricity production If President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was part of a chess game to cause the collapse of the European Union, the uproar Brussels’ call
Judge accused of trying to “destroy emails to protect former minister”
Judge Ivo Rosa and former interior minister Eduardo Cabrita back in media soup Two men who have independently been in and out of the nation’s headlines for the worst kind
State of Nation debate: new measures against cost of living crisis “only in September”
Government ‘attacked from all sides’ Yesterday’s State of the Nation debate, led by prime minister António Costa, was everything it was expected to be: PS Socialists saying how much they
“Radical increase in renewable energy – environment minister
Measures to include more licensing for recycled water use Portugal’s environment minister Duarte Cordeiro has promised a radical increase in the production of renewable energy in Portugal; more licensing for
Drones ‘missing in action’
Only three of Portugal’s 12 forest fire vigilance drones seem to be being used at any one time The 12 forest fire vigilance drones, purchased in 2020 for €4.5 million,
Charges at last in case of State’s ‘inflammable snood scandal’
Ex-Secretary of State and former Civil Protection president among those facing charges Charges at last have come in the hugely embarrassing “inflammable snood scandal” – embarrassing because it appears to
PSD breaks silence: this government does deserve censure
“It doesn’t govern”; “seems tired”; there’s a whiff of “party’s over” in the air Absolute majorities aren’t meant to be like this. Today in parliament was not a pleasant one
From pandemic to pandemonium”: Luís Montenegro begins his assault on political power
First intervention as party leader in Pedrógão Grande PSD party leader Luís Montenegro has wasted no time in his campaign to bring down the bastions of PS Socialist power. His
Luís Montenegro vows to do “everything to give Portugal a new government”
Crisis in PS executive powers Portugal’s main opposition party The 40th congress of the PSD (main opposition) party ended today in Porto with new leader Luís Montenegro vowing to do