Prostitute takes petition to regulate sector to parliament
A battling prostitute is ready to take the petition she never thought she could orchestrate to parliament. Ana Loureiro has amassed 4000 signatures in favour of regulating the sector to
Bid to outlaw ‘kill kennels’ trashed by vets and activists
In a feel-good moment in parliament last Thursday, MPs of all parties approved a bid to outlaw the culling of cats and dogs in municipal kennels as a procedure to
More than 1,000 cash-strapped families “saved from eviction”
More than 1,000 Portuguese families with tax and social security debts “have been saved from losing their homes” thanks to a new legal decree approved in parliament. Signed by the
Christmas ‘double pay packet’ returns for public sector workers
Public sector workers have reason to celebrate today. Parliament has approved the elimination of the practice introduced by the last government of paying Portugal’s traditional “Christmas subsidy” in monthly tranches
Future of Ria Formosa islanders under debate in parliament today
Today (Friday February 12) was a major day in the heroic battle by islanders and fishing communities of Ria Formosa to save their homes from government-enforced demolitions in the name
Parliamentary leader signals new understanding over Ria Formosa islanders’ plight
Yesterday’s marathon to Lisbon and back seems to have been worth all the effort. Ria Formosa islanders threatened with the demolition of their only homes returned to parliament for a
Parliament quashes last government’s “transport privatisations” in Lisbon and Porto
Ten ‘diplomas’ signalling the privatisation of transport services in Lisbon and Porto have been quashed in another show of left-wing power in Parliament. The combined forces of PS, PCP, BE,
Government on tenterhooks as President Cavaco delays resolution
More than a week after Portugal’s PSD/CDS-PP government was rejected in Parliament, the country is still hardly any closer to knowing what the next government will be or when it
Anti-tolls petition to be discussed in parliament
A petition demanding the suspension of the A22 highway tolls in the Algarve was delivered to parliament on Thursday (March 12) by citizens’ movement ‘Movimento Algarve Sem Portagens’ (Algarve Without
Outrage as government approves new State Budget
Against angry cries of “killers, killers” in Parliament last week, the PSD/ CDS-PP coalition approved the draft state budget for 2014. Police were called during the debate to forcibly evict