Firefighting commanders submit “excuse of responsibility”
Bitter stand off may have to be decided by courts The start of Portugal’s nail-biting ‘summer fire season’ has been thrown a curved ball by roughly 100 firefighting commanders, representing
Marcelo shrugs off Bolsonaro ‘snub’: no break in stride
Marcelo shrugs off Bolsonaro ‘snub’: no break in stride President Marcelo, leaving Brazil today after a whistle-stop visit to commemorate the first aerial South Atlantic crossing by Portuguese navigators Gago
President Marcelo calls time on government’s ‘political crisis’
Country needs “rapid, consensual consistent decision” over future of Lisbon’s airport After a frenetic day in which the government was seen to be going backwards and forwards over a hasty,
Gender equality in Portugal will only arrive “when an incompetent woman reaches a high rank”
President Marcelo continues to push the boundaries After telling young people “don’t rely on your leaders” last Friday, President Marcelo has continued in the same vein – telling Air Force
Council of State meets today with US climate envoy John Kerry as guest
Meeting is just one of many events taking place in Lisbon this week This week sees Lisbon full of international events and happenings – from the United Nations Oceans Conference,
UN Oceans conference events begin in Lisbon, with leaders ‘apologising’ to the young
“Don’t trust decision-makers”, warns Marcelo The United Nations Oceans Conference starts officially tomorrow, but events are already taking place. On Carcavelos beach today, the Forum of Youth and Innovation of
Belarus opposition leader asks Portugal to support companies fleeing her country
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya believes Belarus’ destiny ‘deeply-related’ to that of Ukraine On her two-day visit to Portugal, Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya appears to have had a three-pronged brief. The 39-year-old,
Belarus opposition-leader-in-exile on two-day visit to Lisbon
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to be received by President Marcelo Belarus opposition leader-in-exile, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has begun a two-day visit to Lisbon today, at the personal invitation of Portugal’s minister of foreign
President hopes summer won’t be blighted by hospital failings and long airport queues
Lisbon airport bottlenecks “an affront against human dignity”, says writer caught up in Sunday’s ‘action replay’ President Marcelo is back in Portugal from his packed weekend of Portugal promotion in
“Accumulated exhaustion”: PM takes medical advice in form of three days off
Dia de Portugal celebrations going ahead without António Costa Portugal’s PM António Costa is missing from the whirlwind calendar of ‘Portugal Day’ celebrations today due to what has been described