President Cavaco Silva flies business flag in Abu Dhabi
President Cavaco Silva has been on a whistle-stop PR tour of the United Arab Emirates promoting Portugalâs potential for business investment. Accompanying the president, PĂșblico newspaper reports that the Crown
Cavaco Silva under pressure to âdecorateâ JosĂ© SĂłcrates
Portuguese media reports suggest that President Cavaco Silva is under increasing pressure to âdecorateâ former Prime Minister JosĂ© SĂłcrates with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ. According
Portugal has refused troop deployment against jihadists
Portugalâs President Cavaco Silva has guaranteed that the country âunequivocally supportsâ the international coalition against Islamic jihadist terrorists, but confirmed that there are no plans to deploy military forces. Speaking
Novo Banco offloads Tranquilidade as Cavaco Silva now named in developing BES intrigue
Announced this morning in Jornal de NegĂłcios is the rushed sale of BESâ tainted insurance group, Tranquilidade. Going for âjustâ âŹ50 million – thatâs just a quarter of what it
Germanyâs finance minister dubs Portugal a âsuccess storyâ as President Cavaco calls crisis meeting
President of Portugal Cavaco Silva has called a Council of State âcrisis meetingâ for Thursday next week after a debate on the âstate of the nationâ in Parliament saw renewed
Investment and higher salaries 'now', says President
Now is the time for Portuguese entrepreneurs to start investing, and their efforts should include higher salaries for workers. So says Portuguese President Cavaco Silva, who stressed that Portugalâs recovering
President âsacksâ two advisors for speaking out
Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Portugalâs President Cavaco Silva was back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons last week, after effectively sacking two advisors
New Year praises for 2014 State Budget
President of Portugal Cavaco Silva is unlikely to submit the 2014 State Budget to the Constitutional Court for checking. In his New Yearâs speech on January 1, the head of
Cavaco projects Portugal âfor positive reasonsâ
Despite all the negativity surrounding the recent Constitutional Court (TC) ruling over pensions, President of the Republic Cavaco Silva is unlikely to challenge the coalition governmentâs unpopular State Budget for
Cavaco accused of hypocrisy over Mandela
Portuguese President AnĂbal Cavaco Silva was quick to express his condolences over the death of former South African president and symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela, but hours later he was