Indecent and bad behaviour: former PM lays into outgoing government
Pedro Passos Coelho echoes calls for ‘political change’ Former PSD prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho has been ‘forced into the limelight’ today by dint of being a witness at the
New Socialist leader promises to unite party
Commentators suggest Pedro Nuno Santos personifies “more of the same” The PS Socialist Party’s new leader is Pedro Nuno Santos, who won internal elections that took place over Friday and
Portuguese show themselves “disgusted” by recent political scandals
Survey comes as PS Socialists vote for new leader to take party into legislative elections By the end of this evening (see update below), the country will know which of
Attorney General to give “special priority” to investigation of crimes committed by politicians
Lucília Gago “feeling attacked by colleagues” since ups and downs of Operation Influencer Attorney General Lucília Gago has broken her habitual “modesty” (the words of Expresso today) to address the
Around 60,000 Socialist party members prepare to choose PM’s successor
Friday sees militants embark on the voting process which lasts till Saturday Between tomorrow and Saturday, around 60,000 socialist ‘militants’ will choose António Costa’s successor as secretary-general of the PS
PSD leader sees PM’s interview as PS Socialists trying to influence path of justice
Following stories circulating about an interview by CNN Portugal/ TVI of outgoing prime minister António Costa, PSD leader Luís Montenegro has suggested this is another example of PS Socialists “trying
Opposition parties lambast education minister’s u-turn over teachers’ frozen pay
Opposition parties have sprung to the attack of education minister João Costa following his ‘surprise’ u-turn on the issue of returning teachers’ ‘stolen’ pay, and in the context of the
Portugal’s freemasons speak out against politicians’ inability to solve nation’s problems
“Elected representatives should be elected to promote well-being of citizens” In a rare and thought-provoking interview, the grand master of Portugal’s oldest Masonic Obedience, the Grand Orient of Lusitania (GOL),
Knives out on government’s last day ‘in full swing’
Iniciativa Liberal attempts to force health chiefs to face MPs, in spite of PS block The government’s last ‘day at the helm’ in any meaningful way has been a fairly
PSD excludes candidates with court convictions; even the whiff of crime against State
Portugal’s centre right social democrats have announced they will be excluding candidates in the upcoming legislative elections that have been convicted in the first tier of the court system, or