Madeira’s parliamentary parties to be heard by representative of Republic
With the exoneration of Madeira’s former regional governor now formally enacted, Ireneu Barreto, the representative of the Republic in Madeira, will receive the various parliamentary parties in order to decide
Resignation of Madeira’s regional governor “formally accepted” and almost instantly enacted
Miguel Albuquerque is officially no longer regional governor of Madeira. With fellow defendants in the corruption investigation that has rocked the regional government still in preventive custody – their judicial
Portugal’s elections: televised debates begin today
Head-to-heads between PS/ IL and CHEGA/ PAN With no concise online information on the electoral programmes of political parties fighting Portugal’s legislative elections (in less than five weeks time), televised
Madeira trio suspected of corruption ‘still in preventive custody’
With the future of the PSD government of Madeira still undecided, the situation of the three official suspects arrested over a week ago remains a point of major controversy. Former
Election poll latest: CHEGA gains, PS Socialists and AD alliance ‘stagnant’
Portugal’s right widens advantage over left Following two months of what are dubbed ‘the pre-election campaign’, only CHEGA – Portugal’s third political force, universally ‘reviled’ as ‘extreme right’ by those
Anti-corruption campaigner Ana Gomes ‘absolved of defamation’
Gomes described media mogul as “notorious scumbag/ tax criminal” Anti-corruption campaigner, former MEP and one-time presidential candidate Ana Gomes has been acquitted today in the 3rd defamation case brought against
PSD’s anti-corruption platform toppled by … PSD
In the space of a few weeks, Portugal has been assailed by two massive investigations alleging ‘installed corruption’ within the corridors of power, affecting both parties trying desperately to win
Funchal, Madeira, decides on new mayor
With PSD Madeira in disagreement over who should step into the shoes of its regional governor, the party’s local authority structure has had no doubts about who should assume the
Madeira corruption suspects face first formal questioning in Lisbon
Name of new regional governor of Madeira delayed The three men arrested during the high profile searches conducted mainly in Madeira last Wednesday – including the now resigned mayor of
Election promises by Portugal’s warring parties “have turned into bidding war of who gives most…”
Analysts discuss “strangest election campaign in country’s history” With no media source yet outlining exactly what each party is promising, Portugal’s election campaign has morphed into a series of excerpts