Probe into PM’s family business archived: PSD celebrates, opposition ‘still critical’
Early yesterday evening, Portugal’s public prosecutor’s office announced that it had archived the ‘preliminary investigation’ into the ‘Spinumviva’ case (that brought down Luís Montenegro’s first AD government) as it could
Mayors earn “small change”, says Algarve politician
Macário Correia, president of Faro’s municipal assembly and a former mayor of the Algarve capital, has declared that Portuguese mayors and councillors “earn small change” and urged the government to
Nationality Law still contains ‘inconstitutionalities’, say judges
Portugal’s Constitutional Court has decided on the request – put in by PS Socialists – to give the latest version of the Nationality Law a ‘preventive review’. Yet again, the
Government ‘refuses’ to go back to square one over labour reform
Portugal’s Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security stated yesterday that the government rejects returning to “square one” in the reform of labour laws – and perpetuated the official narrative
Person close to deposed Guinea-Bissau president arrested at Lisbon airport carrying €5 million
PJ Judicial Police (PJ) arrested a man close to the former president of Guinea-Bissau, Sissoco Embaló, at Fogo Maduro Military Airport in Lisbon today on suspicion of smuggling and money
Socialists fear “governmentalisation” of Lusa news agency
In the wake of the fairly ‘extraordinary’ government take on the effects of yesterday’s general strike, PS Socialists are requesting a parliamentary hearing with Minister of the Presidency António Leitão
Strike? What strike? Government suggests support between 0-10%
With the media describing a country with multiple sectors off-work today, the government is saying quite the opposite – suggesting the “mass adhesion” reported by syndicates is more like a
“Europe under attack” – António Costa responds to ‘threats and interference’ from US
In another surreal week in which the Trump administration has revealed that it seeks to ‘aggressively pursue objectives of aligning Europe to the North American vision’ in numerous spheres –
PM announces €500 million credit line for investment in Mozambique
The prime minister announced today that Portugal will provide a €500 million credit line to encourage Portuguese companies to invest in Mozambique. Luís Montenegro was speaking alongside Mozambique’s president, Daniel
Economist’s accolade ‘good – but Portugal remains country of enormous inequalities’
Minister for the economy and territorial cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, has given a frank interview today, confirming that Portugal has outdone itself in terms of other countries economically this year