ECB boss says inflation will be moderate in 2022
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde was in Lisbon yesterday, on the request of President Marcelo (click here) and brought ‘good news’: a rise in interest rates
Council of State greenlights early elections: President to address nation at 8pm
Yesterday’s Council of State concluded that the option of early elections in January is the ‘best’ (or least bad) to try and resolve Portugal’s political crisis. It was not a
Almost all Portugal’s political parties want elections on January 16
Contrary to the dates trailed before President Marcelo met with Portugal’s political parties yesterday, news today is that the consensus is for elections to be called on Sunday January 16
Portugal’s political crisis: business leaders meet with President; seek urgent meeting with PM
Today was the day business leaders met with President Marcelo, as a consequence of their ‘war’ declared last week with the government (click here). The meeting was planned days before
New Year elections: only President Marcelo appears not to want them
With today being ‘decision day’ for the survival of the 2022 State Budget, the truth is that ‘everyone in parliament’ seems to want early elections. Political commentators are agreed: the
President Marcelo calls time on unseemly political battle involving Covid vaccinations hero
President Marcelo has shown exactly where his powers lie after an unseemly political battle blew up ‘out of nowhere’ at the very moment that Portugal’s vaccinations task force ‘hero’ vice
Protest in Algarve as Portugal goes to the polls for first time since pandemic
With 9.3 million people eligible to vote in the municipal elections today, one small group in the Algarve has made a stand by boycotting the whole process because their demands
Marcelo defends global treaty against pandemics and reform of World Health Organisation
In the United States for the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, President Marcelo has defended the urgent need for a global treaty against pandemics and
MPs “want to know more” about authorities’ three-year vigilance of Daesh militants in Portugal
MPs are demanding explanations over security authorities’ ‘treatment’ of two Daesh militants, who made their lives in Portugal over the last few years. The two men – brothers Yasser and
Portuguese military return from Afghanistan: “objectives fully accomplished”
The four Portuguese military that accompanied a Spanish contingent to Kabul earlier this week (click here) have returned, safe and with 58 Afghans who will be taking up new lives