EU may need to rethink schedule for ‘bazooka funding’, warns president
War in Ukraine “creating such a different situation” President Marcelo has acknowledged today that it may be necessary for the European Union to extend the deadline for member states to
Portuguese artist Dame Paula Rego dies, aged 87
Celebrated painter died peacefully at home, after short illness Iconic Portuguese-British visual artist Dame Paula Rego has died, aged 87. Contemporary art gallery Victoria Miro announced the news over Twitter,
Government struggles to stem municipalities’ ‘mutiny’
Porto mayor tries to get President Marcelo ‘on side’ The agonising ‘decentralisation’ debate saw Porto mayor Rui Moreira visit President Marcelo yesterday to try and get his support to ‘fight
Marcelo challenges authorities to pronounce ‘once and for all’ about masks
Pressure for return to mask mandates intensifies President Marcelo has said it is time for authorities to decide whether the country should return to mask mandates, or whether the wearing
East Timor: Portugal president visits scene of Santa Cruz massacre
Santa Cruz has become a major symbol of the violence of the Indonesian occupation that lasted almost a quarter of a century. Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited the
Marcelo uses Europe Day to call for mutual support
Salutes “communities mobilised for peace” In the context of the war in Ukraine, President Marcelo has used Europe Day today to re-emphasise the need for mutual support among European democracies
Liberty Day: Marcelo appeals for stronger Armed Forces
Without more money for Armed Forces “democracy will be much weaker” With the purported Russian ambition to construct ‘Eurasia’ “stretching from Vladivostok to Lisbon” hanging ominously in the air, Portugal’s
Marcelo hopes for Guterres’ Ukraine talks
UN secretary general finally schedules face-to-face with Putin President Marcelo has reacted to the news that UN secretary general and former PS prime minister António Guterres has finally scheduled a
President returns to São Jorge island to ‘transmit calm’
São Jorge has been in ‘seismo-volcanic crisis’ since March 19 President Marcelo returned to São Jorge island in the Azores yesterday on a second mission to ‘transmit tranquility’ to the
Cancer-villages take State to court
Delays in decontamination of homes near former uranium mines “have gone on far too long” The long-running battle to get the Portuguese State to do as it pledged and ‘decontaminate’