President convenes Council of State on Madeira’s political crisis
President Marcelo is free now to dissolve the regional parliament of Madeira (six months have past since the government – recently brought down by a criminal probe – took office).
António Costa’s outgoing executive releases “transition portfolio”
Dossier outlines “most relevant projects under development” The outgoing government of António Costa today released a “transition portfolio” for the next government with the “most relevant projects under development” in
Outgoing government holds extraordinary Council of Ministers
President to chair meeting designed as ‘catch-up’ on PRR spending, among others In one of the longest ‘withdrawals’ of a government beaten in an election, Portugal’s outgoing Socialist executive will
Final tally: AD’s ‘winning margin’ narrowest in Portuguese history
With all the votes from last Sunday’s legislative election now counted, results published in State gazette Diário da República show that the AD centre-right alliance won by the narrowest margin
Outgoing PM leaves European Council ‘proud’ of budget progress
António Costa attended his last European Council meeting Portugal’s outgoing prime minister, António Costa, said on Friday that he was leaving the European Council, after eight years, “proud” of Portugal’s
Former governor under suspicion of various crimes re-elected leader of PSD Madeira
Miguel Albuquerque who resigned his position as regional governor of Madeira in the wake of a corruption probe (that later appeared to have stalled) has now been voted back as
President Marcelo to dissolve Madeiran parliament next week
With so much going on on the national political scene, Madeira too is in a state of ‘flux’: President Marcelo is due to dissolve the regional assembly next week, which
Montenegro in Brussels pledges Portugal will ‘catch up’ in execution of PRR
PM hoping for new tranche of funding by end of month In Brussels this morning, Portugal’s prime minister designate Luís Montenegro has had to hit the ground running: the country’s
By the two left feet, slowly backward march!
The traditional concept of western democracy is increasingly fragile Our national drill sergeant in the persona of President Marcelo may well find it necessary to tie straw to the left
CHEGA’s emigré successes “victory of humility over arrogance”, says leader
Portugal’s up and coming political force ‘routs’ former parliamentary speaker CHEGA’s extraordinary success in the March 10 elections perpetuated yesterday with an unprecedented win in the ‘emigré circles’ (the party