Portugalâs president says criminalising illicit enrichment is âlong overdueâ
Portugalâs president Marcelo has âreaffirmed the necessityâ for the government to move forwards with creating a crime to punish those in public office who become âunjustifiably richâ. The MarquĂȘs investigation
President dubs 2021 year for âsustainable social recoveryâ
Addressing the country ahead of the 15th declaration of a State of Emergency, Portugalâs president Marcelo said: âIf 2020 was the year of struggle for life and health, 2021 will
Slight increase in hospital admissions as President signals end for Portugalâs State of Emergency
Todayâs Covid bulletin sees a slight increase in the number of people being treated in hospitals up and down the country, and in ICUs, but Portugalâs president has said the
âThere is no crisisâ but âwe have to do everything to avoid 4th waveâ, says Portugal’s president
After another politically complicated week, President Marcelo took the opportunity when visiting an old peopleâs home in Lisbon today to talk to the press and say âthere is no crisisâ.
âNo support is enough to those who need itâ admits PM âbut the law is the lawâ
Rejecting the three laws âpassedâ by President Marcelo on Sunday – extending urgent measures of social support – prime minister AntĂłnio Costa spent almost half an hour this evening explaining
Portugalâs PM reacts to presidentâs passing of âillegalâ diplomas saying: âWe donât have time for political crisesâ
Portugalâs prime minister AntĂłnio 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
âPrudence and common senseâ: Presidentâs 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 âprudence and common senseâ. These
Marcelo charms Pope into new Portugal visit, admitting he supports deconfinement plan after all
President Marcelo – portrayed yesterday as extremely disapproving of the governmentâs deconfinement plan – has been busy in the Vatican today, charming the Pope into a new visit in 2023,
AndrĂ© Ventura reelected head of radical right party Chega with 97.3%Â
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
Portugalâs 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