Chega MP set to appeal court order for an apology
President of Chega, André Ventura, is set to appeal the latest court ruling that says he must indeed apologise to a family he branded publicly as ‘bandits’. This is a
Portuguese government accused of “hiding information from country and parliament”
The context could put most people to sleep, but the bottom line is worrying: the Portuguese government has been accused of acting in an illegal way, hiding information from the
Judge in charge of one of Portugal’s largest corruption cases “forced to take bus” on arrival in Madeira
Judge Ivo Rosa, the controversial judge ‘in charge’ of the Marquês corruption case involving former prime minister José Sócrates, had an ignominious arrival in Madeira for his summer holidays on
Confinement “without judicial decision” one of 50 ‘reforms’ suggested for Portuguese Constitution
A deep sense of unease has been rippling through social media since leader of the Opposition Rui Rio suggested that “the confinement or hospitalisation of a person with a serious
Further municipalities expected to be added to Portugal’s list of nighttime curfews
Today (Thursday) is the moment for yet another Council of Ministers in which decisions are made with a view to limiting the spread of Covid-19 which invariably limit citizens’ freedoms
Ministerial car involved in fatal accident “belonged to a drug dealer”
News today is that the ministerial car that mowed down and killed roadworker Nuno Santos on the A6 last month doesn’t even belong to the government. It is the subject
President sounds alert “dangerous selfishness” of current times
President Marcelo used the weekend’s anniversary of 50 years of religious freedom in Portugal to warn against “dangerous selfishness” that has crept into modern life. The most recent ‘crises’ have
Europe’s heads of diplomacy in Lisbon to discuss sanctions against Belarus
An informal meeting today in Lisbon of Europe’s foreign ministers due to discuss how to apply “economic and sectorial sanctions” against Belarus, following the regime’s ‘institutional hijacking’ of a Ryanair
Portugal’s million euro hosting of EU Social Summit “a profound disillusion”, says Left Bloc
The Portuguese government’s ‘moment of glory’ during the all-too-brief six month presidency of the Council of the European Union was the EU Social Summit which took place in Porto over
Second day this week that Portugal registers zero Covid deaths
The decision to unlock the country comes just as the daily bulletins start reporting incidences where there are no deaths at all. Today is one of them. It’s the second