BES boss “freed” from house arrest … as long as he can come up with €3 million
News channels last night buzzed with the news that yet another VIP “prisoner” has been released. But what no one appears to have appreciated is that former BES boss Ricardo
Public Ministry “working on who gets what” from seized BES millions
DCIAP investigators are in touch with “around 400” former BES clients who claim to have lost fortunes as a result of the private bank’s collapse last year. They are believed
BES “victims” prepare mega-demo for after elections
As the country decides whether or not it will let apathy get the better of it on election day, the association of the indignant – the small investors who lost
Angry crowds “boo, insult, push and try to punch” Portugal’s PM in Braga
The coalition’s election “marathon” took to the country in Braga yesterday “in the worst way possible”, with “boos, insults, pushing and even attempts to punch the prime minister Pedro Passos
Justice ministry goes full steam ahead “repairing 31 court buildings for winter”
After its annual summer recess the Justice Ministry has returned to work with a bang. It has nothing to do with the thousands of cases piling up to be dealt
Anbang out, Apollo in – the “race” to buy Novo Banco continues
After a D-Day that came and went, the Bank of Portugal has finally announced that it has dropped negotiations with Chinese insurer Anbang and is now trying to sell Novo
“No white smoke” at midnight as Novo Banco sale remains shrouded in uncertainty
D-Day for the sale of Novo Banco came and went yesterday, with no-one any the wiser as to what has happened. “Market in the dark over winner of Novo Banco”,
Riot police in force in Lisbon over latest protest by “small BES investors”
Riot police were out in force today to protect the bank that refuses to honour the savings of thousands of Portuguese emigrants. As news services reported from Lisbon’s Baixa district
Novo Banco drops CR7’s advertising contract “to save money”
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo will no longer be starring in commercials for Novo Banco, saving the institution that morphed from the ashes of BES €750,000 a pop. The decision,
Outraged emigrants return to Portugal to battle over lost BES savings
Among thousands of Portuguese emigrants returning home this August for their annual summer holidays are scores who plan to take part in the next big protest scheduled to demonstrate against