Sunday sees over nine million voters choose members of 308 municipal councils
Sunday will see over nine million voters able to take part in municipal elections in Portugal, roughly 90,000 more than were able to take part last time round (in 2017).
Politics ‘returns’: PS congress in Portimão promises to eradicate poverty as minority parties campaign towards municipal elections
Politics was back on the agenda this weekend as all parties started the ‘home straight’ towards municipal elections next month. In Portimão, PS Socialists held their annual congress with Prime
PSD announces seven new candidates for Algarve councils
Carlos Ludovico (Alcoutim), Hélder Cabrita (Aljezur), Mário Vieira (Lagoa), Rui Cristina (Loulé), Bruno Estremores (Monchique), Bruno Sousa Costa (São Brás de Alportel) and Paula Freitas (Vila do Bispo) have been
Rebelo de Sousa set for reelection, populist party on rise amid spiralling COVID-19 infections
Portugal’s incumbent President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is widely expected to win the presidential elections on Sunday, polling with more than 60%. But all eyes are on André Ventura, whose
Shambolic control as quarter of a million Portuguese cast early votes for presidential elections
Sunday January 17 saw Portugal’s organisational ability at its worst. Almost a quarter of a million citizens turned out in various parts of the country to cast their early votes
President Marcelo accused of being “greatest destabiliser of democracy” by ‘opponent’ Ana Gomes
Former MEP Ana Gomes – perhaps the most ‘inconvenient presidential candidate Portugal has seen for a very long time – has been ‘letting rip’ in interviews this week, accusing the
Portugal’s presidential elections will cost over half a million euros just in masks, gloves and alcohol gel
Portugal’s presidential elections will have a new price-tag to contend with this time round: almost half a million euros has to be spent on providing masks, gloves, visors and alcohol
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