President sounds alert “dangerous selfishness” of current times
President Marcelo used the weekend’s anniversary of 50 years of religious freedom in Portugal to warn against “dangerous selfishness” that has crept into modern life. The most recent ‘crises’ have
Financially-crippled berry farmer ‘refuses to give up’ three weeks into hunger strike outside presidential palace
A financially-crippled berry farmer is refusing to give up despite three weeks in which he has staged a seemingly fruitless hunger strike outside Lisbon’s Belém Palace. Luís Dias is simply
Marcelo reinforces message: it’s time to leave pandemic behind
President Marcelo has been in Slovenia today – the country due to take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union when Portugal completes its ‘difficult’ six
President Marcelo criticises ‘lack of coherence’ in Champions League organisation
President Marcelo put into words this afternoon the mystification of the country over scenes emerging from Porto. Hundreds of football fans have been partying in the streets ahead of the
Marcelo defends changes to Portugal “risk matrix” to take vaccination into account
Keen to impress the fact that rising infections in areas like Lisbon are not translating into serious illness or pressure on the health system, President Marcelo has made a case
President Marcelo pressures government in ‘race against time’ to prepare for Brussels’ billions
President Marcelo has been talking to national radio Antena 1 today saying time is of the essence in preparing for the longed-for EU bazooka of post-pandemic funding. Various entities will
PM ‘changes diary at last minute’ to respond to immigrant housing crisis in Odemira
Portugal’s prime minister António Costa has ‘changed his diary at the last minute’ and will instead be visiting Odemira this afternoon for “a working meeting to respond to the housing
Odemira’s problems go far beyond high incidences of Covid and immigrant slave labour: the borough is running out of water
This is the overriding message coming out of a manic week of press exposure of human trafficking and exploration that has been the life-blood of ‘greenhouses’ producing berry fruits and
President Marcelo wades into Odemira ‘slave labour with Covid’ controversy
President Marcelo has waded into the spiralling confusion of problems with ‘slave labour’ involving immigrants testing positive for the Covid virus in the municipality of Odemira. After a week of
Portugal says goodbye to 173 days under “State of Emergency”
President Marcelo confirmed this evening that Portugal is saying goodbye to the State of Emergency that has been in force twice during the pandemic, but most recently for 173 consecutive