CGD ‘horror stories’ fill Portuguese news as finance minister (and PM) end up with egg-on-face
With horror stories of alleged dodgy dealings, debts sanctioned to the tune of hundreds of millions of euros and meetings organised to ‘change the law’ in directors’ favour, State Bank
Government outnumbered as Portugal votes with its feet
After last Sunday’s “Alice in Wonderland” election reports, the truth has finally settled. The centre-right wing crowing of “clear victory” is in fact a hung parliament that would almost certainly
António Costa achieves arguable win in last night’s TV debate with PM Passos Coelho
António Costa has been named in a poll as the arguable winner of last night’s TV debate which saw him go head-to-head with his archnemesis, Portuguese PM Pedro Passos Coelho,
Government wants to abolish free abortions
A proposal to abolish free abortions carried out in Portugal’s state hospitals is being presented in Parliament today (June 26) by the PSD/CDS-PP coalition government. “If a person breaks their
Family heartbreak: government auctions off 10 homes per day as tax debts spiral
Statistics for 2014 show the stories of heartbreak and desperation that didn’t make it into the newspapers. The stories of families who lost their homes and property through mounting tax
Government puts brakes on TAP strike
The Portuguese government has issued a “rare executive order” to stop the four-day strike TAP workers have planned for the Christmas and New Year period. Called a “requisição civil”, it
Back-bench outrage forces government to drop "old-boy perks"
It was described as “immoral and shameful”, and now, after a night of political wrangling, a proposal to renew “old boy perks” has bitten the dust – or at least
Government targets dog breeders
The government’s dizzying fiscal witchhunt (as reported in the Resident at the beginning of September) has now set its sights on dog breeders. It is a move that has set
Government scraps nature stroll tax
Environment || A tax that the Government used to charge on hikes held in protected natural areas has now been scrapped, the Secretary of State of Spatial Planning and Nature
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