Sócrates “would rather stay in jail than go home on electronic bracelet”
With a change in sight to the terms of his lengthy prison detention, José Sócrates’ lawyer has said the former Socialist prime minister is unlikely to agree to going home
Wealthy Dutchman now at centre of Vale do Lobo’s connection with Sócrates investigation
With the contortions of Operation Marquês reeling in more and more information as Portugal’s DCIAP investigators follow leads across 10 countries on three continents, Expresso reveals that a wealthy Dutch
Sócrates’ ex “risks jail” for Facebook tirade against Attorney General
The folly of hitting the “post” key on Facebook too readily may be weighing heavily on jailed former prime minister José Sócrates’ ex-wife this morning. Sofia Fava (whose last name
Superjudge extends “internal secrecy” in Sócrates investigation
Superjudge Carlos Alexandre is reported to be calling for another three months of “internal secrecy” in the case of Operation Marquês – the investigation that has seen ex-prime minister José
Appeal court judges praise Operation Marquês, affirming Sócrates “still a flight risk”
He may have been variously slammed by opponents as a “tabloid judge”, an “embarrassment” and someone with “no sense of justice” but appeal court judges ruling on the bid by
Sócrates’ lawyer in hot water for telling female journalist to “take a bath”
His eccentric manner and behaviour towards journalists has been remarked on throughout the four months that his high-profile client has been held in Évora jail, but now José Sócrates’ lawyer
Passos Coelho’s morals “at the bottom of the barrel”, says jailed Sócrates
In another scathing diatribe delivered from Évora jail, former Socialist leader José Sócrates has accused the nation’s prime minister – currently in major hot water over his tax and social
Sócrates’ prison cell “invaded by fleas”
As news stories regurgitate more on the ins and outs of corruption investigation Operation Marquês, the principal suspect, former prime minister, José Sócrates is understood to have been further inconvenienced
Sócrates’ remains behind bars as new defendant named in Operation Marquês
Beleaguered former prime minister José Sócrates left Évora jail briefly on Monday after three months behind bars. He was driven to DIAP, Lisbon’s department of penal investigation, to answer questions
Sócrates’ faces custody hearing as new defendant named in Operation Marquês
The chances of judges ‘freeing’ former prime-minister José Sócrates from jail – now that his first three-month stint is up – are looking increasingly unlikely as new defendants have been