Televised pre-election ‘head to heads’ end tomorrow with ‘great debate’ between main party leaders
Luís Montenegro faces chief adversary Pedro Nuno Santos, three weeks before country goes to polls Following weeks of fairly lacklustre televised debates between party leaders, the final showdown between Portugal’s
Portuguese-Canadians investing in ‘most important election in decades’
Three of election front-runners are Portuguese-Canadians Three Portuguese-Canadian candidates, two for the Liberal Party and one for the New Democratic Party (NDP), are among the frontrunners in Canada’s federal election
PS leader stands up to Public Prosecutor’s probe
“Those owing nothing have nothing to fear”, says Pedro Nuno Santos Within hours of news that Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos was now being investigated over ‘anonymous complaints’ into his
Public prosecutors open probe targeting PS secretary general Pedro Nuno Santos
“Preventive investigation” follows “receipt of complaints” The mud-slinging pre-election campaign has shifted gears today, to target PS secretary general Pedro Nuno Santos. After weeks of allegations and insinuations over the
Portuguese believe “no one will get a majority”
Latest barometer for elections no-one wants suggests uninspiring results Portuguese voters believe none of the political parties fighting elections coming on May 18 will clinch an absolute majority. This is
Latest poll puts Socialists in lead; new revelations add to PM’s ‘company woes’
Expresso claims one of PM’s former company’s largest clients is major-league PSD donor As hard as it is to ‘think national’ when the wider world appears to be spinning out
Election debates kick off this evening with head-to-heads with party leaders
PM faces PCP’s Paulo Raimundo; CHEGA faces PAN Television debates for the snap elections on 18 May begin at 9pm this evening, with the first head-to-heads between AD and PCP,
PS pips PSD to post in presenting electoral programme, summarily slammed
Socialists accused of “desperation”, promising everything – and doing nothing for housing crisis It is proving ‘one of those weekends’ we will all have to become used to in the
Political parties join protest in Lisbon today calling for tougher stance against rape
“We are silencing victims, freeing aggressors” Hundreds demonstrated today in Lisbon and Funchal, Madeira, in protest to the case of the 16-year-old allegedly raped by Tik Tok ‘influencers’ who have
Preparing Portugal
As Europe presents its ‘preparedness strategy’, forces in Portugal start laying groundwork Just as Portugal has been jettisoned into new elections – elections most people agree were entirely avoidable –