Outgoing PSD leader accuses PM of cowardice
Rui Rio cedes role as leader of Portugal’s main opposition party this weekend Outgoing PSD leader Rui Rio – finally stepping down and handing over to his successor Luís Montenegro
“It’s all my fault”, says health minister under fire
“But I will leave the health service better off for whoever takes my place…” Health minister Marta Temido has managed today to apologise for the ongoing failings in Portugal’s State
Portuguese secretary of State in blistering attack on Russia
Says regime ‘weaponising hunger’ and using tactics “typical of Middle Ages” Francisco André, Portugal’s Secretary of state for foreign affairs and cooperation has come out with a blistering attack on
Health Service crisis: Commission of accompaniment meets today
Minister and regional health administrations get round table The ‘commission of accompaniment’ created to “respond to the crisis in obstetric and gynecological emergency services” meets this morning with health minister
Health minister defiant in parliament: offers no apologies for crisis within health service
Government’s ‘contingency plan’ described as ‘sticking plaster for exposed fracture” There is a saying in Portuguese about “a waste of saliva” – and that is exactly what happened in parliament
President convenes Council of State
Single item on agenda: situation in Ukraine President Marcelo will be chairing a Council of State today, in Cascais at 3pm, with the single item on the agenda being the
War obliges government to re-think 2022 State Budget
This is just one of the headlines this weekend illustrating the collateral effect of war in Ukraine. Portugal’s 2022 State Budget is already desperately ‘late’ (in that its veto last
CDU ‘refuses to condemn Russia’
Following the unfortunate remarks by leader of Portugal’s communist movement Jerónimo de Sousa two days ago, Portugal’s CDU (communist alliance) is showing itself to be refusing to condemn Russia’s actions
Chega leader ‘banned definitively from Twitter’ for hate speech
André Ventura, the leader of right-wing political party Chega, has been definitively banned from social network Twitter after three suspensions in less than a year. He has denounced the situation
Isolating whole classes during State of Calamity “violated Constitution”
Insisting that whole classes of children were sent into isolation whenever a pupil tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the State of Calamity violated the Constitution. The admission comes as a