“I want compensation for everything!” José Sócrates vows revenge
After one of the most extraordinary afternoons in the history of Portuguese justice, former prime minister José Sócrates has emerged from a Campus de Justiça courtroom, in which he witnessed
Portugal’s ‘bête noir’ former prime minister to hear on Friday if corruption accusation stands
The contortions of Portugal justice have seen to it that it has taken nearly seven years since former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates was arrested on suspicions of corruption for
Portugal’s high-speed rail project back on track
The 20-year saga of Portugal’s high-speed rail connection to Madrid, Porto and Vigo is back on track after being shelved through lack of funds. On 6 June 1999 national newspapers
Marquês lawyers claim trial of former PM José Sócrates et al ‘illegal’
It’s being called ‘a bombshell’: today, as the instruction phase of the massive case against former prime minister José Sócrates and various associates resumes in Lisbon, defence lawyers for one
Former PM José Sócrates sues Portuguese State for €50,000
Former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates – accused of 31 separate crimes of corruption involving the alleged accumulation of tens of millions in backhanders – is suing the Portuguese State
Former PM José Sócrates faces grilling today on ‘biggest corruption case in Portugal’s modern history”
Today (Monday), former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates will be facing the judge whose decision will determine whether or not ‘the biggest corruption case in Portugal’s modern history’ ever goes
Sócrates’ vows: “I will sue the State for unqualified abuse”
Paving the way towards typical ‘summer silly season’ stories, former prime minister José Sócrates has held a press conference almost two years since his ignominious jailing in Évora to say
Sócrates given green-light to leave Portugal for Schengen Space
Still trying to have the corruption investigation against him shelved, former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates won a major battle earlier this week when appeal court judges agreed he should
Panama “hides” José Sócrates’ millions along with money from Algarve tourist complexes
With fallout from the disclosure of the Panama Papers continuing to inflame world opinion, Expresso newspaper has written an eight-page exposé on the “Portuguese connections” – shining the spotlight on
Sócrates ‘caught’ having dinner in “discreet Lisbon restaurant” with co-defendant
Flying in the face of a judicial order, former prime minister José Sócrates has been ‘caught’ having dinner with his principal co-defendant in the long-running Marquês corruption investigation. According to