Parliament nods through bill for windfall tax on energy/ food retail
Portugal’s parliament has approved on its first reading a Socialist government proposal for a windfall tax on energy companies and food retailers – rejecting alternative bills tabled by the opposition
PSD leader accuses PM of wanting citizens “to get used to poverty”
The aftershocks caused by what all agree was an unfortunate interview with prime minister António Costa last week (the PM has been widely criticised for coming over as unnecessarily course,
Minimum salary increase approved
The Council of Ministers has approved the increase of the nation’s minimum salary from January 1 next year. It is going up from €705 a month, to €760. The phased
Government announces extra €240 support for most vulnerable families
Money should be paid by end of year Prime Minister António Costa has announced another ‘extraordinary support’ to help the nation’s poorest families cope with inflation. The €240 lump sum
Euthanasia bill comes up for final reading (third attempt)
Parliament today is expected to pass the third attempt at a final reading of a draft law to decriminalise assisted suicide in very specific circumstances (see update below). This is
Left Bloc slams government’s decision to increase tax on fuel
Finance ministry announced increase late on Friday Portugal’s Left Bloc party has wasted no time in slamming the government’s decision – announced late on Friday night – to increase ISP
Secretaries of State shown door
Government reshuffles can be ‘exciting’ (for those who follow politics), but Tuesday’s bit of shuffling has been quite the opposite. In fact, it was so unexciting that after announcing who
PM embarks on ‘mini government reshuffle’
Secretaries of State shown door Government reshuffles can be ‘exciting’ (for those who follow politics), but Tuesday’s bit of shuffling has been quite the opposite. In fact it was so
Twaddle: government’s ‘Remote Service Platform’ doesn’t save time (quite the opposite)
It was actually only a month ago that the government launched its Remote Service Platform, a portal allowing citizens to perform, through videoconferencing, authentic acts that have the same legal
Government extinguishes regional boards of agriculture in Portugal’s interior
‘Out of the blue’ and without any form of public consultation the government has today rubber-stamped the extinguishing of regional boards of agriculture from Portugal’s troubled interior regions – regions