CHEGA to present formal vote of condemnation over President’s recent remarks
CHEGA has announced that it will be presenting a formal vote of condemnation against President Marcelo’s recent remarks about “the need to pay” for Portugal’s colonial ‘crimes’ of hundreds of
European parliament ‘open mouthed’ by choices of PS secretary-general
PS secretary-general Pedro Nuno Santos has reportedly rendered the European parliament ‘open mouthed’ by his ‘total break’ with all previous Socialist Euro MPs. In other words, he is fielding an
Former PM’s new media roles begin on May 4
Portugal’s former prime minister António Costa is moving into the world of political commentary. He will be one of the main attractions of the new ‘NOW’ channel, promoted by Medialivre,
Urgent hearings of former and current finance ministers approved
MPs seek to grill both on how they justify calculations Former finance minister Fernando Medina, and current finance minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, are to face parliamentary hearings – the first
Portimão mayor confirmed as candidate for EU Parliament
Isilda Gomes is seventh on the PS list of candidates Isilda Gomes, mayor of Portimão since 2013, is part of the Socialist Party’s (PS) list of candidates for the upcoming
Case that brought down absolute majority government “could be declared null and void”
Evidence gathering in Operation Influencer at issue Right from the start critics howled “political coup” – and today stories emerging add weight to the theory that, at the very least,
Public prosecutor asks political immunity lifted on three PSD MPs
‘Tutti Frutti’ investigation inches forwards The Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested that the immunity of PSD MPs Luís Newton, Carlos Eduardo Reis and Margarida Saavedra be lifted in the Tutti
Left wingers rally to “stop backward steps by the Right”
Meetings organised by left-wingers Bloco de Esquerda – designed to ‘unite the left against the right’ – have been continuing, with Bloco coordinator Mariana Mortágua saying today that the left
AD changes name for European elections
After the confusion during the March 10 legislative elections between AD and ADN (a tiny political party that miraculously gained an enormous number of votes last month), Portugal’s government has
CHEGA latches on to “immoral severance payment” for new Secretary of State
Cristina Pinto Dias received €80,000 from CP to go into another (highly paid) public role Correio da Manhã tabloid is setting a record for ‘exposing’ what it sees as political