PS leader returns to calling centre right opposition “a mess”
PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos has returned to insulting the principal opposition in elections due in just over two weeks’ time, confirming commentators’ predictions that the final leg of the
More than 2.6 million watched Monday night’s ‘final election debate’
But jury’s out over whether it persuaded any of the undecided… Last night’s televised debate between the two men determined to become the country’s next prime minister was “the most
Face-to-face between PS and PSD leaders closes cycle of electoral debates
Latest polls put PS ‘ahead’ on points, against right-wing majority Tonight is the night that the almost daily dose of political debates ahead of the elections on March 10 comes
PS vows to scrap A22 tolls immediately if it wins election
Measure expected to cost €113 million Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS) has gone on the record saying that its “first measure” in the case of a victory in the upcoming legislative
PAN joins chorus calling for resignation of Attorney General
PSD says “no point taking decisions in heat of moment” PAN has become the latest voice to call for the resignation of Attorney General Lucília Gago, in the wake of
Former PSD leader defends “greater scrutiny of Justice”
Recent judicial shocks – not least the release of three suspects in the investigation into political corruption in Madeira – have seen former PSD leader Rui Rio ‘break cover’ today
Former Secretary of State absolved after being forced to resign over ‘suspicions’
“I am very happy”, were the words today of Miguel Alves, former Secretary of State to prime minister António Costa, forced to resign last year over suspicions that he had
Madeira corruption? Investigations continue, insists PJ boss
Following yesterday’s ‘bombshell’ in the saga that has brought down the Madeiran government, PJ police chief Luís Neves insists the case is still active; it has not been archived –
PS billboards vandalised in Algarve
PS has condemned the acts as a crime against “political freedom” Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS) filed a criminal complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office after its campaign billboards in the
Latest polling shows voting intentions swing to right
Parties of the right show “significant increase, almost reaching 50%” With the country assailed by acrimonious political ‘debates’ every evening, the latest polling shows that voting intentions are swinging to