Foreign minister starts Africa week in Luanda
Portugal’s minister of foreign affairs arrives in Angola tomorrow, for the first stage of a week in Africa, which includes Rwanda and Ethiopia, and will also serve to prepare the
Calls from all directions for dismissal of Infrastructures minister
Even PS party leader says it’s time to “freshen up” absolute majority executive Labour Day Bank Holiday may not see any changes to the latest political meltdown that has been
PSD leader prepares new government with major ‘heavyweights’ “beside him”
Former PMs Passos Coelho, Durão Barroso, Pinto Balsemão – and Cavaco – in Montenegro’s corner With the TAP theatre undermining confidence in Portugal’s absolute majority government, national media today is
Ovibeja opens without invite to minister
Ovibeja, one of the largest rural fairs dedicated to agriculture, has opened for its 2023 edition, without inviting minister for agriculture Maria do Céu Antunes. Little details like this will
Standing ovation for President’s praise of immigrants
President Marcelo has condemned Portuguese people who are “selfish in the face of the dramas of immigrants”, who, he said, “build Portugal, pay into Social Security, create wealth“. This statement,
Former economy minister wants pre-trial decision against him annulled
The defence team representing former economy minister Manuel Pinho is calling for the annulment of the pre-trial decision that went against him last week, arguing that it is ‘unconstitutional’ in
Brazil’s Embraer to produce Super Tucano to NATO standards in Portugal
Agreement over manufacture of super attack aircraft just one of many likely to come over next few days Brazil’s defence minister said in Lisbon yesterday that Brazilian aeronautical company Embraer
Dissolving parliament ‘bad news’, but sometimes bad news necessary – president
Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has added to the political fervour today saying that dissolution of parliament “would be bad news”, but “sometimes there has to be bad news
Increase in pensions “should have happened earlier” – president
PM presents increase as ‘extra measure of government support’ Insisting there was no trickery involved, prime minister António Costa (re) announced a 3.57% increase in pensions from July this year
Government “more optimistic”: growth up, inflation down
But opposition parties not convinced Finance minister Fernando Medina presented the government’s programme of Stability 2023-2027 in Lisbon today, forecasting increased growth and a slow reduction in inflation. Growth he