Parliament to debate Mondayâs blackout, amid âseething opposition criticismâ
Opposition accuses government of compounding crisis with communications blackout In the aftermath of the nationwide energy blackout on Monday, Parliament is to debate the âvulnerabilitiesâ of Portugalâs electrical system today,
Energy exchange with Spain closed down as precaution
Government focused on trying to ensure nationwide blackout doesnât happen again Moves are underway in multiple directions to try to secure Portugalâs âenergetic sovereigntyâ following Mondayâs nationwide blackout. While the
Final pre-election debate between PM and arch rival scheduled for 8.30pm tomorrow
Pedro Nuno Santos already in full âbattle cryâ over governmentâs handling of blackout With PS secretary-general Pedro Nuno Santos – the arch rival of prime minister LuĂs Montenegro, focused on
Televised pre-election âhead to headsâ end tomorrow with âgreat debateâ between main party leaders
LuĂs Montenegro faces chief adversary Pedro Nuno Santos, three weeks before country goes to polls Following weeks of fairly lacklustre televised debates between party leaders, the final showdown between Portugalâs
Government asks Brussels to trigger defence spending exception clause
Portugal inches towards increasing defence spending to potential of 3% Portugal’s government is going to ask the European Commission to activate the clause that allows an exception to compliance with
DurĂŁo Barroso, former European Commission president, weighs into defence dithering
Warns of fragmentation in speech at Military Academy in Amadora Former Portuguese political heavyweight, DurĂŁo Barroso, has weighed into the defence spending debate today, saying the fundamental problem in Europe
Thousands sign petition against digital euro, fearing it could undermine âfundamental rightsâ
ECB president Christine Lagarde âpushing for digital euro to become reality by Octoberâ The European Central Bank (ECB) believes that the adoption of the digital euro will lead to the
Portuguese-Canadians investing in ‘most important election in decades’
Three of election front-runners are Portuguese-Canadians Three Portuguese-Canadian candidates, two for the Liberal Party and one for the New Democratic Party (NDP), are among the frontrunners in Canada’s federal election
Portugalâs former Socialist government blamed for âthousands of immigrantsâ arriving without full background checks
âInstead of correcting errors, Socialist government showed indifferenceâ A new controversy has opened up over the Easter weekend: that of over 120,000 immigrants who were able to enter Portugal during
Government signs contracts for 3,300 palliative care beds
Need for palliative care beds in Portugal is immense Portugalâs caretaker government has signed 90 financing contracts today, worth âŹ88 million, to create 3,300 places in the national palliative care