October 6: election victory in sight for Socialists
No big surprises expected in Sunday’s national legislative election, but it will confirm Portugal’s political stability compared to the bitter divisions in other European countries, especially the United Kingdom. Victory
PS “commits” to building Algarve’s long-promised Central Hospital in next four years
Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party (PS) has named the construction of the Algarve’s long-promised Central Hospital one of its priorities for the next four years if it wins the upcoming legislative
“Distrust” main reason why most Portuguese did not vote in European elections
Portuguese citizens are “generally unsatisfied with and distrustful of Portuguese politics”. This was the main reason why nearly 70% of the country did not vote in the latest European elections,
Madeira elections: Bitter sweet victory for PSD as PS celebrates “best results ever”
Portugal’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), led by Miguel Albuquerque, emerged victorious from Madeira’s regional elections on Sunday (September 22), receiving 39.42% of the total votes. But it was something of
Comfortable, humane, environmentally-sustainable prisons “on the way”?
Comfortable, humane and environmentally-sustainable prisons may be on the way for Portugal. After recent news stories detailing ‘hideous conditions’ of overcrowded jails in big cities, an article in Público has
Venezuelans “will be decisive in Madeira’s (centre-right) vote”
With legislative elections in Madeira coming two weeks ahead of voting on Portuguese mainland, there seems to be little doubt that the votes of 8000 recently-returned ‘Luso-Venezuelans’ will be decisive
Crushing majority of Portuguese “don’t like the centre-right opposition”, says poll
A crushing majority of Portuguese polled in the run-up to elections coming in just over a month’s time says they don’t even like the ‘alternatives’ to the current government. In
Passos keen for “second opportunity” as Socialists open conference
With political scandal reverberating through Portugal’s corridors of power, prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho gave a confident television interview last night, saying he is very keen to “ask the Portuguese
Ex-PM José Sócrates is detained on corruption charges
In what has been described in the international media as a “political earthquake”, former Portuguese PM José Sócrates is today in court facing a welter of tax evasion and corruption
Can’t we just forget politics for a while?
Dear Editor I read with dismay last week your story “Portimão mayor outraged by hospital director’s report”, as it honestly did smack of self-seeking political posturing – posing, of course,