Finance minister claims predecessor left public finances in “chaos”
Former PS Socialist finance minister Fernando Medina has reacted today to claims (by AD’s finance minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento) that he left public finances in chaos. Mr Sarmento is simply
CHEGA calls for urgent hearing of defence minister following comments about young offenders
CHEGA has called for an urgent hearing of defence minister Nuno Melo following his comments over the weekend that perhaps young offenders (of minor offences) might be offered a stint
Ministry of Social Security analysing million-euro ‘last minute’ purchase by toppled government
One of the day’s developing ‘scandals’ is the purchase, by the PS government, one day after the legislative elections last month that topped it, of a property in Guarda for
CHEGA to present formal vote of condemnation over President’s recent remarks
CHEGA has announced that it will be presenting a formal vote of condemnation against President Marcelo’s recent remarks about “the need to pay” for Portugal’s colonial ‘crimes’ of hundreds of
Portimão mayor confirmed as candidate for EU Parliament
Isilda Gomes is seventh on the PS list of candidates Isilda Gomes, mayor of Portimão since 2013, is part of the Socialist Party’s (PS) list of candidates for the upcoming
Case that brought down absolute majority government “could be declared null and void”
Evidence gathering in Operation Influencer at issue Right from the start critics howled “political coup” – and today stories emerging add weight to the theory that, at the very least,
Public prosecutor asks political immunity lifted on three PSD MPs
‘Tutti Frutti’ investigation inches forwards The Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested that the immunity of PSD MPs Luís Newton, Carlos Eduardo Reis and Margarida Saavedra be lifted in the Tutti
Left wingers rally to “stop backward steps by the Right”
Meetings organised by left-wingers Bloco de Esquerda – designed to ‘unite the left against the right’ – have been continuing, with Bloco coordinator Mariana Mortágua saying today that the left
CHEGA latches on to “immoral severance payment” for new Secretary of State
Cristina Pinto Dias received €80,000 from CP to go into another (highly paid) public role Correio da Manhã tabloid is setting a record for ‘exposing’ what it sees as political
Justice minister starts meetings with parties on tackling corruption
PM wants “ambitious, effective, consensual agenda” within two months Portugal’s Minister of Justice, Rita Júdice, is meeting separately with MPs from PSD, PS and CHEGA in parliament today, kicking off