Government eases rules on declaration of personal income tax
Various sources of income – including capital gains – to be exempt from declaration Portugal’s social democrat coalition government is to remove the obligation to declare income such as interest,
Government wants preservation plan for Portugal’s wolves that works
ICNF ‘Action Plan’ has seen wolf population continue to decline The government has given the ICNF (Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests) three months to present a proposal for the
NATO rebuff: PM refuses to be rushed into increased defence spending
NATO secretary general leaves Portugal ‘empty handed’ Monday saw a visit to Portugal of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte who has told countries that if they don’t increase defence
Counsellor for Portuguese communities in US laments lack of guidance over deportations
Blames Portuguese government for “not taking issue seriously” The official counsellor for Portuguese communities for Washington DC, Mário Francisco Ferreira, has described as “regrettable” what he sees as a lack
Portugal’s new land law under fire
Government’s plan to release rural land for affordable housing looks like coming unstuck On Friday, parliament will consider the government’s decree to revise the land law, following an outcry
Government “maintains position of not recognising Palestine”
AD puts further distance between Portugal’s right and left Portugal’s relatively new AD social democrat government says it “maintains its position in not recognising the state of Palestine”. This is
Another thumbs down for government’s proposed change to land law
National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development doesn’t agree with basis for law change CNADS, the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development says that statistical information does not indicate
New land law will bring property prices down by 20% – government
Or does it spell “catastrophe” as detractors claim? The new land law, promulgated with clear reservations by President Marcelo at the end of December last year, will allow municipalities to
Government presents 30 measures to reduce Portugal’s fiscal bureaucracy
Objective: to simplify procedures for businesses/ families Today’s Council of Ministers, has seen the government approve a set of 30 tax simplification measures, the vast majority of which focus on
Government will not be sanctioning second mandate for governor of central bank
An ‘exclusive’ today claims the government will not be sanctioning a second mandate for governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno – the country’s former Socialist finance minister whose