Increase in pensions “should have happened earlier” – president
PM presents increase as ‘extra measure of government support’ Insisting there was no trickery involved, prime minister António Costa (re) announced a 3.57% increase in pensions from July this year
President Marcelo appeals to citizens “not to forget gypsies in context of inflation”
Marking International Roma Day today, President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has called on citizens not to forget the Roma community in the current context of crisis, warning
Marcelo refuses to visit any more RRP works with PM
President “has seen enough”, says source In spite of the summertime temperatures, a polar chill is creeping through Portugal’s corridors of power: nothing seems to be going the government’s way,
Marcelo congratulates Finland on joining NATO
President Marcelo has today congratulated his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinistö, on the accession of Finland to NATO, stating the “unreserved” support of Portugal to this “historic enlargement”. In a note
Relations with PM exactly as they have always been – president
President Marcelo expressed his disagreement with the government’s housing package President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Friday that “relations with the prime minister, António Costa, are exactly as they
Costa and Marcelo in Dominican Republic for Ibero-American Summit
The president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and Prime Minister António Costa, will be together on Friday at the opening of the 28th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State
President in Dominican Republic ahead of Ibero-American Summit
Will be joined by PM António Costa tomorrow Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is on an official visit to the Dominican Republic today, before attending the 28th Ibero-American Summit
Marcelo marks “World Water Day”
President Marcelo has marked World Water Day today by stressing the necessity to “increase consciousness about the global water crisis and the worsening of structural situations of water scarcity”. In
President lays into ‘tired’ government; complains of year “practically lost”
Leader writers focus on “failing State” In a week when doctors, nurses, teachers, court staff, railway workers, even farmers are either on strike, or protesting (or doing both at the
Exit from economic crisis may take “a little longer” – president
January unemployment figures signal international developments “slow” Portugal’s president Marcelo has warned that the exit from the economic crisis may “take a little longer” than expected. Talking to reporters at