Former Algarve mayor, former MP charged in long-running corruption investigation
Operation Triangle covers truncated tenure of former PSD mayor Conceição Cabrita The Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued charges for various crimes – including corruption – for the former mayor of
2024 State Budget: debate begins in parliament
… with opposition focus on tax tweaks Portugal’s parliament begins two days of debate today in the first reading of the Socialist government’s budget bill for 2024. None of the
Finance minister warns of “dangers of eastward EU expansion”
By arithmetic alone, Portugal will move to top of bloc’s ‘richest countries’ Portugal’s finance minister, Fernando Medina, has said today that the eastward enlargement of the European Union is a
IL leader ‘challenges PM’ to drop proposed road fund tax hike on old vehicles
With the petition against the government’s proposal to massively increase road fund tax on old vehicles gaining new support by the hour the leader of Iniciativa Liberal, Rui Rocha, has
PSD announces it will be voting against government’s State Budget
No surprises today as PSD leader Luís Montenegro announces his party has decided to vote against the government’s proposed State Budget for 2024. Antipathy to the budget is running through
Former government ministry boss gets seven year jail sentence for abuse of power
João Alberto Correia’s case goes back almost 10 years A former director of infrastructure at Portugal’s ministry of the interior (MAI), João Alberto Correia, has been sentenced to seven years
Main aim of State Budget: “to shelter country from external turmoil”
Proposal “lift elderly out of poverty” two years early Portugal’s prime minister has said that the main aim of next year’s State Budget is to put Portugal in a safe
CEO hired to pull State health service together “could resign any day now”
Fernando Araújo’s ‘management structure’ has its hands tied With Portugal’s State health system in complete disarray, the man whose expertise promised to ‘change everything’ is apparently ready to resign, in
2024 State Budget: main points summarised
Document to be ‘presented in parliament tomorrow’ The 2024 budget proposal will be submitted to parliament on tomorrow, ahead of ‘discussion in parliament’ on October 30-31. Specialised discussions – where
2024 State Budget approved by extraordinary Council of Ministers
Portugal’s Socialist government’s State Budget for 2024 was approved in an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers yesterday. The document will be presented to parliament on Tuesday; is due