PM’s “level of political courage” given B-
Former president Cavaco Silva pens blistering column in Público ormer President of the Republic Cavaco Silva has written another of his damning opinion columns in Público today, giving prime minister
Espírito Santo slush fund “financed Cavaco Silva’s presidential campaign”
The so-called slush fund of failed financial Grupo Espírito Santo ‘illegally financed’ the candidacy of Aníbal Cavaco Silva in the presidential campaign of 2011. This is the claim of weekly
Cavaco fined as he steps down as Portugal’s president
Stepping down in little more than two weeks after 10 years as the country’s president, Cavaco Silva has been slapped with a €700 fine. Described as “unprecedented”, it emanates from
Cavaco vetoes gay adoptions and proposals to liberalise abortion law
Outgoing president Cavaco Silva has exercised his right to veto legal proposals, sending back to parliament the left wing projects to allow same-sex adoptions and liberalisation to abortion laws. But
Tough-talking ceremony sees Portugal’s Socialist government sworn in under heavy cloud
Portugal’s new Socialist government – the first executive to seize power after it had effectively lost at the polling booths – continued to make history yesterday, with the most sombre
Government on tenterhooks as President Cavaco delays resolution
More than a week after Portugal’s PSD/CDS-PP government was rejected in Parliament, the country is still hardly any closer to knowing what the next government will be or when it
Cavaco commends Madeira on its bananas: “They’re bigger and tastier”
With the future of the government in his hands, President Cavaco Silva still finds time and ways to turn people’s attention away from Portugal’s political crisis. On a trip to
UK press dubs Portugal “problem child of the Eurozone” as Cavaco stays silent
With total uncertainty over when President Cavaco Silva intends to address the nation on the form of the next government, a UK newspaper has dubbed Portugal “the problem child of
Cavaco in hot seat as Portugal’s political leaders “offer very little”
President of the Republic Cavaco Silva embarks on two days of talks with Portugal’s political parties today, knowing that by Thursday he has to make the unenviable decision over who
Cavaco gives parties until October 21 and 22
As Portugal’s political shambles lurches into the realms of recrimination, President of the Republic Cavaco Silva has drawn a line in the sand. Announcing on his official page that he