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 Portugal’s potential for business investment. Accompanying the president, Público newspaper reports that the Crown
Cavaco Silva under pressure to “decorate” José Sócrates
Portuguese media reports suggest that President Cavaco Silva is under increasing pressure to “decorate” former Prime Minister José Sócrates with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ. According
Portugal has refused troop deployment against jihadists
Portugal’s President Cavaco Silva has guaranteed that the country “unequivocally supports” 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 Negócios is the rushed sale of BES’ tainted insurance group, Tranquilidade. Going for “just” €50 million – that’s just a quarter of what it
Germany’s finance minister dubs Portugal a “success story” as President Cavaco calls crisis meeting
President of Portugal Cavaco Silva has called a Council of State ‘crisis meeting’ for Thursday next week after a debate on the ‘state of the nation’ 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 Portugal’s recovering
President ‘sacks’ two advisors for speaking out
Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Portugal’s 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 Year’s speech on January 1, the head of
Cavaco projects Portugal “for positive reasons”
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 government’s unpopular State Budget for
Cavaco accused of hypocrisy over Mandela
Portuguese President Aníbal 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