PM in new controversy as he ‘hides’ 55 properties from public consultation
Portugal’s prime minister is in a new controversy. Barely out of the ‘disconnect’ perceived during the worst of forest wildfires, tabloid Correio da Manhã has now revealed that he has
Government to hear parties ahead of ‘recognising state of Palestine’ in September
The Government has already consulted the President of the Republic regarding recognition of the State of Palestine and will begin consulting with parties represented in parliament next week, starting with
Government to begin talks with opposition parties on 2026 budget
Portugal’s minority AD government will start a series of meetings with opposition parties ext week to discuss the State Budget for 2026, “among other matters”, minister for parliamentary affairs Carlos
“Trump is a Russian asset – and my presidency hasn’t gone the way I’d hoped”
While the nation’s television stations were focused on what was ultimately a disappointing parliamentary debate yesterday, President Marcelo spiced the afternoon up considerably at the PSD Summer University being held
‘Urgent debate’ on government’s management of fires deteriorates into habitual shouting match
Anyone anticipating yesterday’s ‘urgent debate’ in parliament on the government’s management of Portugal’s summer wildfires will have soon wondered why. The event turned into the habitual shouting match, ‘resolving nothing’.
Firefighters react in outrage to government social media post
A poorly-conceived government announcement over social media has left firefighters seeing red. It hasn’t helped that the Ministry of Interior Administration sought to repair the damage hours later. The rallying
PM faces parliamentary grilling over fires
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will appear before the Standing Committee of the Assembly of the Republic today to debate the coordination of firefighting in Portugal, after opposition parties have unanimously
North Portugal home of mayor pelted with stones and fruit
The home of the mayor of Vila Pouica de Aguiar, a municipality in the north of Portugal, was the target of the most bizarre attack last night, around 11.15pm. According
Marcelo rubber-stamps first step in government’s ‘war on educational bureaucracy’
President Marcelo has rubber-stamped part of the changes, proposed by the government, to streamline Portugal’s department of education, whittling down the number of ‘head honchos’. Gone will be the Institute
Majority believe Mário Centeno “better than current Socialist leader”
COMMENT: In the cut-throat world of politics – and doors revolving at breakneck speed – a new poll has “shown that the majority of Portuguese (56.3%) think that Mário Centeno