Cavaco “sells property in Algarve for Remax”
Just as a mock photo of Portugal’s president Cavaco Silva made to look like IMF chief Christine Lagarde is doing the rounds of social media, another bizarre image has come
Cavaco strangely absent from Day of the Republic commemorations
He had said he would be absent, but even so the lack of presence of a country’s president to commemorate the implantation of a democracy left a strange chill in
Cavaco reaches out to Colombia as he hails TAP as an “example of success”
Whoever is writing speeches for Portugal’s President Cavaco Silva appears this week to have suffered a stroke of amnesia. The lapse has not been lost on Portugal’s more scurrilous press.
Mixed reactions to Cavaco’s “need for absolute majority” speech
There have been mixed reactions to the speech given by President Cavaco Silva on national TV last night in which he announced the date for Portugal’s legislative elections (Sunday, October
Cavaco seeks “sea partnership” with Norway
Norway has been hailed by Portuguese President Cavaco Silva as the ideal role-model and partner for Portugal to learn how to use its sea resources. Embarking on a three-day visit
Portugal’s president regales emigrants in France
2014 was the “turning point year”, Portugal’s President Cavaco Silva has been busy telling nationals living in France. Using what Público described as a “didactic tone” (which the Oxford Dictionary
Cavaco traces “portrait of a future president” while under fire from all sides
Portugal’s president Cavaco Silva has come in for heavy fire after wading into prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s tax debt scandal, saying that he had received the PM’s “explanations” and
BES boss cites key audiences with Cavaco Silva before bank collapse
As the PCP communist party accuse the Bank of Portugal of “noteworthy resistance” to furnish information to the government inquiry into the collapse of BES, Ricardo Salgado, the bank’s former
Cavaco navigates political icebergs in New Year speech
As Portugal enters a key election year, the party-political posturing has begun – with President Cavaco Silva using his New Year speech to warn against it. But as commentators pointed
Cavaco awards American-Portuguese businessmen
Belém || Two Portuguese businessmen who have built successful careers in the USA were honoured by Portuguese President Cavaco Silva at Belém Palace on December 23. Both John Melo and