Marcelo to address nation after today’s State of Emergency vote
President Marcelo will be addressing the nation this evening at 8pm, following the vote to declare a new State of Emergency in parliament this afternoon. As he has explained, his
President Marcelo declares Portugal’s 5-day ‘borough lockdown’ simply “a recommendation”
Hours before the country braced for a five-day borough lockdown, President Marcelo dropped a bombshell. The government’s imposition on citizens to remain in their boroughs of residence until 6am on
President Marcelo visits Western Algarve towns
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa returned to the Algarve last weekend to visit Aljezur on Friday and Vila do Bispo on Saturday and enjoy dinner with the region’s mayors. Marcelo,
President does his bit for Portugal, naked from waist up
In a strange exhibition of flesh this morning President Marcelo did a lot more than roll up his sleeves to try and encourage fellow citizens to get their annual flu
“We may have to rethink Christmas”, warns Marcelo
“We may have to rethink Christmas”, President Marcelo has warned today as the number of new cases registered in the last 24-hour period has hit a new record (1,394) while
President commemorates “most agonising” October 5 in Portugal’s 46 years of democracy
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa marked the 110th anniversary of the Implantation of the Republic with a sombre speech in Lisbon, talking about the most “difficult and demanding” October 5
President fires broadside at Portugal’s “spent” systems focused on ‘inspecting their navels’
In what some might describe as an exceedingly prescient speech, President Marcelo has fired a broadside at what he calls Portugal’s “spent” and “slow” political, economic and social systems transfixed
President Marcelo tastes medronho and chats to tourists in Caldas de Monchique
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited Caldas de Monchique on Sunday as part of his regular trips to the Algarve this summer to prove the region is a Covid-safe tourist
Marcelo fires broadside as government starts negotiations over 2021 budget
President Marcelo has fired a broadside ahead of negotiations starting today over Portugal’s 2021 budget. The issue – as everyone is only too painfully aware – is that thanks to
President Marcelo’s ‘Baywatch’ rescue ‘travels the world’
President Marcelo’s ‘Baywatch’ – style rescue of two young women whose kayak capsized and was being dragged by the current in Alvor last weekend has travelled the globe. Reports today