President convenes Council of State
Single item on agenda: situation in Ukraine President Marcelo will be chairing a Council of State today, in Cascais at 3pm, with the single item on the agenda being the
War obliges government to re-think 2022 State Budget
This is just one of the headlines this weekend illustrating the collateral effect of war in Ukraine. Portugal’s 2022 State Budget is already desperately ‘late’ (in that its veto last
CDU ‘refuses to condemn Russia’
Following the unfortunate remarks by leader of Portugal’s communist movement Jerónimo de Sousa two days ago, Portugal’s CDU (communist alliance) is showing itself to be refusing to condemn Russia’s actions
Chega leader ‘banned definitively from Twitter’ for hate speech
André Ventura, the leader of right-wing political party Chega, has been definitively banned from social network Twitter after three suspensions in less than a year. He has denounced the situation
Isolating whole classes during State of Calamity “violated Constitution”
Insisting that whole classes of children were sent into isolation whenever a pupil tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the State of Calamity violated the Constitution. The admission comes as a
PAN goes into meltdown after founder admits he could return
Article updated on February 7: After the catastrophic election results of PAN (the People Animals Nature party), former MP André Silva – PAN’s very first MP, and a shining light
Absolute majority! Portugal votes in four more years of Socialism
PS Socialists – particularly their leader prime minister António Costa – received the best election results they could have hoped for last night, taking the party into ‘historic’ new territory.
“Clear Socialist victory”: exit poll suggests PM Costa will be getting his way
Shouts of victory have already been heard through the halls of Lisbon’s Hotel Altis where PS Socialists are anxiously awaiting the results of today’s snap elections. All exit polls are
Final day of election campaign sees latest poll pointing to “technical draw” between PS and PSD
Today (Friday) is the last day for all the banner-waving processions of party faithful winding through the streets of key constituencies. Saturday sees a rather anachronistic ‘day of reflection’ –
Left-wing party Bloco de Esquerda opposes proposed dump for Loulé
“There are areas of the country where health centres are closed, but dumps are opened.” This is one of the headlines from a statement released by left-wing party Bloco de