Madeira elections: PSD “on verge of absolute majority”
Party led by Miguel Albuquerque on track for between 21-24 MPs Just as a poll released last week forecast, PSD social democrats in Madeira are on the verge of winning
Upcoming election: poll brings good news/bad news
Good news for government; bad for ‘democracy’ Luís Montenegro’s AD centre-right government has received some good news today, in the form of a new poll that shows 20% of the
Homeowners in Gaia in shock as TGV (high speed rail) route ‘changes’
Authorities stress “it was always clear route presented not definitive” Homeowners in Gaia, northern Portugal, are in shock as they realise their homes may be levelled to make way for
Marcelo dismisses Ukraine ‘truce’ as not even first step towards peace
PM dubs it “first positive sign”, albeit far from desirable Portugal’s ‘response’ to the limited truce for Ukraine – emerging from the telephone conversation between President Donald Trump of the
PSD tipped for absolute majority in Madeira – poll
PS, JPP, CDS, CHEGA and PAN “likely to drop” In the hurly burly of Portugal’s ‘mainland political crisis’, the crisis in Madeira has taken something of a back seat in
President Marcelo escapes censure by parliamentary probe
Controversy now in hands of judicial authorities President Marcelo has escaped the censure of the parliamentary commission of inquiry set up to delve into the ‘who/ what/ how’ of the
CHEGA’s blistering report on ‘twins inquiry’ overwhelmingly vetoed
But will final report be drawn up in time, before parliament dissolved? The commission of inquiry into the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins today rejected in its entirety the proposed
US must be involved in guaranteeing ‘durability of peace’ in Ukraine – president
Marcelo’s words come as US counterpart due to speak directly with Putin Just as the world waits to hear the kind of peace Donald Trump accepts for Ukraine following his
Former PM to go on trial “urgently” in July, only to see process suspended to September
Operation Marquês has been inching towards trial date for a decade Former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates will begin his trial (for corruption) in Operation Marquês on July 3, in
Presidential candidate dubs Portugal’s last few weeks “a complete disaster”
Everyone is to blame for political crisis, which “could and should have been avoided” No punches have been pulled by presidential candidate – and former television commentator – Luís Marques