Portugal’s presidential elections: PS officially desists from fielding candidate
Just as was intimated months ago in the unlikely setting of an automotive assembly plant near Palmela, the PS (minority) government has stepped back from fielding a candidate to run
Presidential elections: votes could be collected house-to-house
With new restrictions to curb the pandemic potentially on the way, Jornal de Notícias reports on a plan for voting slips for the presidential elections in January to be collected
British Embassy information about voting at December 12 General Election in UK
A General Election will be held in the UK on December 12. British citizens who have been abroad for up to 15 years (and were previously registered to vote at
Storm clouds stacked over PS Socialists’ next four years
Sunday saw PS Socialists ‘swept back to power’ in one of the most unconvincing election results since Portugal became a democracy. Huge swathes of the country couldn’t be bothered to
Sunday elections: study shows 50% of Portuguese ‘don’t trust any of the party leaders’
A study ahead of the elections in two days time shows that only one out of two people in the street “trust” the line-up of party leaders. Put another way
October 6: election victory in sight for Socialists
No big surprises expected in Sunday’s national legislative election, but it will confirm Portugal’s political stability compared to the bitter divisions in other European countries, especially the United Kingdom. Victory
“Distrust” main reason why most Portuguese did not vote in European elections
Portuguese citizens are “generally unsatisfied with and distrustful of Portuguese politics”. This was the main reason why nearly 70% of the country did not vote in the latest European elections,
The ins and outs of October’s local elections
Portugal’s local municipal elections will be taking place in just eight months’ time and thousands of foreigners may be eligible to vote without being aware of it. For the ins
Presidential candidates on tour as election countdown begins
This week sees the 10 people vying to fill Cavaco Silva’s shoes out in force throughout the country and its island communities, drumming up support for the first round of
Presidential race gets airtime as “favourite” Marcelo is blamed for many of Portugal’s ills
The presidential race is well and truly on with the 10 candidates in the running to fill Cavaco’s “shoes” throwing mud at each other in shovel-loads. Last night, on SIC