Government “has no more it can offer sapper firefighters”
Following the 9th meeting today, in which sapper firefighters were offered salary increases to 2027 of 37%, the government has said it cannot offer anything more. It is now up
Government launches “final effort” to save European ‘PRR’ funding
Executive outlines ‘reprogramming’ in bid to hold onto promised billions Portugal’s government is in a last minute scramble to save the PRR – the acronym for Europe’s ‘bazooka’ of roughly
Over €20 million to go on “priority interventions” stabilising cliffs, protecting vulnerable beaches
Coastal protection “a priority for Portugal’s government” The government has announced a €20.2 million investment in “priority interventions to stabilise cliffs, protect coastal infrastructure and strengthen the country’s most vulnerable
PM chooses “investment” as key word of 2025
Prime minister pips president to post in marking turn of year The Prime Minister’s New Year message repeats the word ‘investment’ and emphasises the need to save the welfare state.
Doctors’ federation denounces salary agreement as “betrayal of all doctors working in public health”
FNAM, the national federation of doctors, has denounced the agreement between its counterpart (more right wing) union SIM and the government, as a betrayal of all doctors working in the
Government’s ‘super-manager’ quits before he starts
Following the ‘misunderstanding’ (widely believed to have been politically-motivated) between the Bank of Portugal (now governed by former Socialist finance minister Mário Centeno) and the government, the proposed ‘super manager’
Doctors, government reach agreement on 10% pay rise
Agreement also aims to “strengthen the SNS and ensure doctors have better working conditions” The Independent Doctors’ Union (SIM) and the government reached an agreement on Monday which provides for
Bank of Portugal refuses to stump up for government’s ‘super-manager’
Government hoped €15,000-a-month salary would remain paid by central bank The Bank of Portugal has set the record straight today, following an ‘exclusive’ in Correio da Manhã suggesting the government
Opposition tear into PM’s Christmas speech
PM highlights ‘work of the government’ and commitment to fighting crime No sooner had prime minister Luís Montenegro given his Christmas message yesterday, than the majority of political parties in
Martim Moniz police operation: now there’s an Open Letter
Left-wingers accuse government of ‘attacking social state, rule of law’ The political fall-out from last week’s police operation in Martim Moniz continues, with an Open Letter to the prime minister