PSD wants debate on government’s decision to pay A&E doctors extra for overtime
“Does not agree with false solutions to crisis in health service” Portugal’s main opposition party (PSD) has submitted a request for a parliamentary debate on legislation approved by the Socialist
Minister promises €600 million upgrade for Portugal’s police stations; new recruits
900 PSP agents being trained-up for summer, with recruitment drive for over 1,000 more coming in autumn Following another weekend of violence on the streets in Greater Lisbon, minister for
Brussels’ ‘save gas’ emergency plan shows signs of softening
Just as Gazprom shuts down another turbine… Brussels’ unpopular ‘save gas emergency plan’ is showing signs of softening, says Spanish daily El Pais, just as Russia appears to be flexing
EU funding bazooka cold-shoulders private enterprise
Portugal’s business confederation dubs situation “ridiculous” The great EU funding ‘bazooka’ is freezing out private enterprise. Depending on which news reports one reads, public entities are either receiving “11 times
Motorway tolls face “significant increase” in 2023
… unless government acts – Brisa president Motorway tolls face a “significant increase” from January next year unless the government acts, Brisa (motorway concession) president António Pires de Lima has
Partygate Portugal: Left Bloc faces fine for living it up at Lisbon HQ
Neighbours complain of “loud music and noise almost every weekend” Raucous partying does not appear to be exclusive to the British Conservative party. Portugal’s Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) is
Portugal refuses Brussels’ call to cut gas consumption
Argues cut would compromise electricity production If President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was part of a chess game to cause the collapse of the European Union, the uproar Brussels’ call
Judge accused of trying to “destroy emails to protect former minister”
Judge Ivo Rosa and former interior minister Eduardo Cabrita back in media soup Two men who have independently been in and out of the nation’s headlines for the worst kind
State of Nation debate: new measures against cost of living crisis “only in September”
Government ‘attacked from all sides’ Yesterday’s State of the Nation debate, led by prime minister António Costa, was everything it was expected to be: PS Socialists saying how much they
“Radical increase in renewable energy – environment minister
Measures to include more licensing for recycled water use Portugal’s environment minister Duarte Cordeiro has promised a radical increase in the production of renewable energy in Portugal; more licensing for