Portugal’s president says criminalising illicit enrichment is ‘long overdue’
Portugal’s president Marcelo has ‘reaffirmed the necessity’ for the government to move forwards with creating a crime to punish those in public office who become ‘unjustifiably rich’. The Marquês investigation
President dubs 2021 year for “sustainable social recovery”
Addressing the country ahead of the 15th declaration of a State of Emergency, Portugal’s president Marcelo said: “If 2020 was the year of struggle for life and health, 2021 will
Slight increase in hospital admissions as President signals end for Portugal’s State of Emergency
Today’s Covid bulletin sees a slight increase in the number of people being treated in hospitals up and down the country, and in ICUs, but Portugal’s president has said the
“There is no crisis” but “we have to do everything to avoid 4th wave”, says Portugal’s president
After another politically complicated week, President Marcelo took the opportunity when visiting an old people’s home in Lisbon today to talk to the press and say ‘there is no crisis’.
“No support is enough to those who need it” admits PM “but the law is the law”
Rejecting the three laws ‘passed’ by President Marcelo on Sunday – extending urgent measures of social support – prime minister António Costa spent almost half an hour this evening explaining
Portugal’s PM reacts to president’s passing of ‘illegal’ diplomas saying: “We don’t have time for political crises”
Portugal’s prime minister António Costa has brushed off the decision by President Marcelo to go against his warnings last week that to promulgate diplomas paving the way to further measures
“Prudence and common sense”: President’s recipe for successful Easter in Portugal
Addressing the nation this evening to usher in yet another State of Emergency (the 14th so far in this Covid-19 pandemic), President Marcelo called for “prudence and common sense”. These
Marcelo charms Pope into new Portugal visit, admitting he supports deconfinement plan after all
President Marcelo – portrayed yesterday as extremely disapproving of the government’s deconfinement plan – has been busy in the Vatican today, charming the Pope into a new visit in 2023,
André Ventura reelected head of radical right party Chega with 97.3%
The head of radical right party Chega was re-elected this Saturday with 97.3% of the votes, according to local media. Ventura, whose party got a parliamentary seat in 2019 and
Portuguese parliament approves decriminalisation of euthanasia
Portugal’s parliament on Friday passed a law approving the decriminalisation euthanasia for the terminally ill. The Portuguese parliament passed the bill with 136 votes in favour, 78 against and four