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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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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