Sócrates bites back from behind bars
In an extraordinary week since super-judge Carlos Alexandre sent former PM José Sócrates to jail, political heavyweights have proclaimed their friend’s innocence, there has been a high-profile punch-up in Sócrates’
Sócrates’ fortune “frozen”
As he remains in preventive custody in Évora jail, the alleged illicit fortune of José Sócrates is reported to have been frozen. If it is found to have resulted from
“Wild beast” Sócrates faces fearless judge
As shockwaves reverberate through the corridors of power, the big question is – has the former prime minister whose political nickname is “the wild beast” finally been cornered? On his
Sócrates’ lawyer’s wife tweets “secrets” and then wipes account clean
The scandal that has split the country into those who think former PM José Sócrates is squeaky clean and those who affirm that he is anything but took a new
Soares on warpath as Sócrates’ Paris home goes on sale for €4 million
Former Portuguese president, political warrior Mário Soares has hit out at the “wickedness” of the decision to remand José Sócrates in jail pending investigations into his alleged crimes of corruption,
Sócrates stays behind bars
In an evening of high drama, the nation held its breath for almost four hours. News of the fate of former prime minister José Sócrates – under interrogation for alleged
Sócrates now linked with Golden Visas
As former prime minister José Sócrates faces another day of questioning over allegations of fraud, money laundering and corruption on a gargantuan scale, newspapers were reporting that his name has
Ex-PM Sócrates faces third night in police custody
As the prime minister who delivered Portugal to the hands of the troika hopes to be spared his third night at the PSP central command in Moscavide, news channels all
Ex-PM José Sócrates is detained on corruption charges
In what has been described in the international media as a “political earthquake”, former Portuguese PM José Sócrates is today in court facing a welter of tax evasion and corruption
Cavaco Silva under pressure to “decorate” José Sócrates
Portuguese media reports suggest that President Cavaco Silva is under increasing pressure to “decorate” former Prime Minister José Sócrates with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ. According