Over 100,000 march against austerity in Lisbon
As the country’s political parties start launching manifestos ahead of looming elections, international media focused on the massive concentration of people who turned up in Lisbon on Sunday for a
Dramatic scenes as ruined BES investors try to storm Passos Coelho’s official residence in São Bento
Lisbon was once again the scene of violent protests today as ruined former BES investors took their rage onto the streets. Police were called and in the escalating chaos at
EU to “examine carefully” Portugal’s early-bird bid to repay IMF
As Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has announced he will be teaming up with his CDS-PP coalition partners yet again to fight upcoming elections, he also revealed that the government
Online petition demands Passos Coelho’s “immediate dismissal” over tax controversy
The ongoing furore over how Portuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho ‘forgot’ to pay his taxes shows no signs of abating as an online petition demanding his immediate dismissal gathers
Double-whammy closes Passos Coelho’s nightmare week
If he was hoping for some respite in the campaign calling for his resignation, Portugal’s prime minister Passos Coelho woke up to even worse news today (Sunday). Not only had
Tax scandal: Portugal’s PM under increasing fire
Attempts to brush his latest “tax scandal” under the carpet have so far backfired miserably on Portuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho. Socialist party heavyweight and former presidential candidate Manuel
Portuguese PM says it is time the EU opened its arms to Turkey
In a week where he has been accused of plotting to bring the downfall of the Greek government, Portugal’s prime minister has extended a clear hand of friendship to Turkey
Passos Coelho’s morals “at the bottom of the barrel”, says jailed Sócrates
In another scathing diatribe delivered from Évora jail, former Socialist leader José Sócrates has accused the nation’s prime minister – currently in major hot water over his tax and social
Portugal’s PM “upbeat” over election race as opposition demands answers over five-year tax arrears
Five clear months before Portugal goes to the polls for its next round of legislative elections, the international press has described prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho as “upbeat” over his
Government sells “success of the troika” at Cascais conference organised by The Economist
Portugal’s media is delighting in irony this morning as it reports on the Lisbon Summit, organised by The Economist in Cascais yesterday, entitled “Portugal at a Crossroads”. “For (deputy prime