Almost all Portugal’s political parties want elections on January 16
Contrary to the dates trailed before President Marcelo met with Portugal’s political parties yesterday, news today is that the consensus is for elections to be called on Sunday January 16
Months of political limbo ahead “just when government poised to fire up economy”
Rejection of the State Budget in parliament yesterday consigns Portugal “to months of political limbo just when the government was poised to fire up the economy after the Covid-19 pandemic
(Im)perfect storm – Portuguese government beset from all sides
Anyone who thought the arrival of Brussels’ ‘bazooka billions’ would start powering Portugal towards success will be looking in dismay at the events of the last week. The minority government
State Budget impasse: Left wingers want written agreement, government ‘plays ball’
The continuing ‘impasse’ over acceptance of the next State Budget (OE 2022) continues to fill column inches, with left-wingers Bloco de Esquerda this week suddenly ‘in the driving seat’. Only
Pandora Papers: three former Portuguese politicians among hundreds found hiding their wealth from tax man
Three former Portuguese politicians (two for the PS Socialist party, one for PSD centre right) have been found in the latest journalistic investigation into how the ‘super wealthy’ evade paying
Chega MP set to appeal court order for an apology
President of Chega, André Ventura, is set to appeal the latest court ruling that says he must indeed apologise to a family he branded publicly as ‘bandits’. This is a
Portuguese government accused of “hiding information from country and parliament”
The context could put most people to sleep, but the bottom line is worrying: the Portuguese government has been accused of acting in an illegal way, hiding information from the
Judge in charge of one of Portugal’s largest corruption cases “forced to take bus” on arrival in Madeira
Judge Ivo Rosa, the controversial judge ‘in charge’ of the Marquês corruption case involving former prime minister José Sócrates, had an ignominious arrival in Madeira for his summer holidays on
Confinement “without judicial decision” one of 50 ‘reforms’ suggested for Portuguese Constitution
A deep sense of unease has been rippling through social media since leader of the Opposition Rui Rio suggested that “the confinement or hospitalisation of a person with a serious
Further municipalities expected to be added to Portugal’s list of nighttime curfews
Today (Thursday) is the moment for yet another Council of Ministers in which decisions are made with a view to limiting the spread of Covid-19 which invariably limit citizens’ freedoms