Venezuelans âwill be decisive in Madeiraâs (centre-right) voteâ
With legislative elections in Madeira coming two weeks ahead of voting on Portuguese mainland, there seems to be little doubt that the votes of 8000 recently-returned âLuso-Venezuelansâ will be decisive
Crushing majority of Portuguese âdonât like the centre-right oppositionâ, says poll
A crushing majority of Portuguese polled in the run-up to elections coming in just over a monthâs time says they donât even like the âalternativesâ to the current government. In
Passos keen for âsecond opportunityâ as Socialists open conference
With political scandal reverberating through Portugalâs corridors of power, prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho gave a confident television interview last night, saying he is very keen to âask the Portuguese
Ex-PM José Sócrates is detained on corruption charges
In what has been described in the international media as a âpolitical earthquakeâ, former Portuguese PM JosĂ© SĂłcrates is today in court facing a welter of tax evasion and corruption
Canât we just forget politics for a while?
Dear Editor I read with dismay last week your story âPortimĂŁo mayor outraged by hospital directorâs reportâ, as it honestly did smack of self-seeking political posturing â posing, of course,
Madeira politician in induced coma
Jacinto SerrĂŁo, a Member of Parliament for the Socialist Party (PS) elected by Madeira, is in an induced coma as his life hangs in the balance following a violent crash
BRAZIL – Political blow for Lula
Brazilâs President suffered a significant political setback at the weekend with the withdrawal of two parties from his governing coalition. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party voted to end its two-year
ROMANIA – Prime Minister accepts poll defeat
Romanian Prime Minister, Adrian Nastase, has admitted defeat in the countryâs tightly fought presidential election. With almost all the votes counted from the run-off poll, centre right opposition candidate, Traian
EU REPORT
DurĂŁo Barrosoâs EU Commission has finally taken office amid a new row over one of its members, the French transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, who failed to reveal a conviction for
Ukraineâs key election âriggedâ
Ukraine opposition candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, has accused the authorities of rigging last weekâs fiercely fought presidential election. âI do not trust the Central Electoral Commission,â Mr Yushchenko said, and urged