PM Costa kicks off PRR Roadmap ‘checking projects on the ground’
Country has more than €18 billion in grants and loans to spend by 2026 Portugal’s prime minister António Costa is presenting the start of a government initiative dubbed “PRR Roadmap”
Parliament launches into 8th constitutional revision
PS and PSD seek to deprive citizens of liberty in “public health emergencies” Portugal’s parliament starts the 8th constitutional revision process on Wednesday, almost 20 years after the previous change,
Conference of Leaders meets on Tuesday to set date for emergency debate
The Conference of Leaders will be meeting on Tuesday at 11.30 to discuss and set the date for the emergency debate requested by PSD and CHEGA, in the wake of
President rules out snap elections
Nothing suggests they would change anything for the better President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has ruled out the scenario of early elections following the political crisis caused by
Pedro Nuno Santos’ resignation “closes golden handshake case, says government”
Costa speaks (not the PM but Socialist MP Hugo Costa) Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party has said that “following the resignation of the minister of infrastructure and housing, the Alexandra Reis
New “fat cat” scandal within government causes Opposition to demand explanations
New secretary of State renounces directorship at TAP – to be rewarded with €500,000 lump sum ‘compensation’ Following a series of alleged ‘incompatibilities’ damaging the credibility of Portugal’s PS government,
PSD leader accuses PM of wanting citizens “to get used to poverty”
The aftershocks caused by what all agree was an unfortunate interview with prime minister António Costa last week (the PM has been widely criticised for coming over as unnecessarily course,
Defence of former economy minister under house arrest delivers writ of Habeas Corpus
Will former economy minister Manuel Pinho finally be able to ‘escape’ the miserable conditions of house arrest imposed on him for the last year? This is the question of the
PJ mount searches of Vimioso municipality, Bragança district
Vimioso town hall, in Bragança district, has been the target of searches by PJ judicial police today. The reason has not been immediately apparent. The town hall issued a statement
Former economy minister fights back
Under house arrest for a year over case that began more than a decade ago The defence of Manuel Pinho – former economy minister from the Sócrates years embroiled in