Portugal contributes €50 million to initiative to buy US weapons to supply Ukraine
Portugal’s minister of national defence has announced today that the country will be contributing €50 million to the initiative to buy weapons from the United States to “make them available
PS Socialists to abstain on 2026 State Budget, to ensure political stability
Socialist secretary-general José Luís Carneiro has announced a “demanding abstention” on the 2026 State Budget to “ensure the (country’s) political stability” in spite of the document’s content. The announcement was
Voters restore balance: Local elections see country returning to two-party system
After the ‘unprecedented’ results of legislative elections in May – which saw far-right CHEGA shatter the glass ceiling of the two-party system – Sunday’s local elections restored the balance: the
Gouveia e Melo, Marques Mendes and Ventura in technical tie for presidency
The dust hasn’t even settled on last night’s municipal elections, but focus is already shifting to the third and final election contest for 2025. This one – for the presidency
PSD ‘victory’ means party wins control of both national municipal associations
Last night’s local election results gave the ruling PSD another major boost: the party is now in control of both national municipal associations, ANAFRE – the association of parish councils
PSD and PS celebrate ‘brilliant night’ – both winning significant local trophies
Results for the October 12 municipal elections were very much ‘even stevens’ for ruling PSD and PS Socialists: each party can claim significant victories, and hold their heads way above
Algarve becomes political mosaic – with ‘earthquake’ in municipality of Aljezur
With results coming through all night, the municipal elections have brought some real surprises across the board – not least in the Algarve, where the ‘earthquake’ of the evening shook
“Vote, vote, vote – the use of European funds may depend on it!”
President Marcelo has stressed today that there are potentially more reasons to vote in Sunday’s municipal elections than normal With polling stations opening from 8am tomorrow, these are the elections
Marcelo welcomes choice for winner of Nobel Peace Prize
Portuguese president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has welcomed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, saying it was a “very wise” decision. “I
Police syndicate unimpressed by increases in personnel expenditure written into State Budget
Police syndicate ASPP/PSP is unimpressed by increases in personnel expenses written into the State Budget for 2026. In a statement today, the trade union association explains that the increases effectively