President to welcome Algeria counterpart on two-day visit from Tuesday
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and his counterpart from Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, are to meet on Tuesday at the presidential palace in Belém, Lisbon to discuss “issues (on the) bilateral
President Marcelo “hopeful banks’ eyes open to mortgage problem”
Speaks as top 5 banks register over €900 million in first quarter profits Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has said today that he hopes the country’s banks are “awake
President Marcelo ‘caught up’ in ugly defamation battle
Both PM and former governor of central bank seek president’s expert witness Conflicting reports today suggest President Marcelo is about to be embroiled in the ugly defamation battle between prime
President Marcelo to lunch with China’s vice president
President Marcelo will have a working lunch with the vice president of China, Han Zheng, in Belém tomorrow to discuss bilateral relations and matters relating to international news. According to
Marcelo to address nation before leaving for UK Coronation
President Marcelo is to address the nation at 8pm this evening following what has been widely interpreted as the ‘snub’ delivered by prime minister António Costa on Tuesday, when he
Standing ovation for President’s praise of immigrants
President Marcelo has condemned Portuguese people who are “selfish in the face of the dramas of immigrants”, who, he said, “build Portugal, pay into Social Security, create wealth“. This statement,
Portugal “must apologise and take full responsibility for colonial period” – Marcelo
… And that includes apologising for “exploitation, human slavery” President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa used Liberty Day commemorations today to say that Portugal must apologise and “fully
President vetoes fourth draft euthanasia bill
President Marcelo has returned the 4th draft of the bill decriminalising assisted dying to parliament, admitting that his reservations are his own and will not require another sending of the
Increase in pensions “should have happened earlier” – president
PM presents increase as ‘extra measure of government support’ Insisting there was no trickery involved, prime minister António Costa (re) announced a 3.57% increase in pensions from July this year
President Marcelo appeals to citizens “not to forget gypsies in context of inflation”
Marking International Roma Day today, President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has called on citizens not to forget the Roma community in the current context of crisis, warning