Operation Influencer: suspects continue in police detention
Law firm suspends members involved in probe; Start Campus CEO to resign Saturday sees the questioning of suspects in the corruption probe that has toppled Portugal’s absolute majority Socialist government
Infrastructure minister guarantees he will not resign
João Galamba refuses to resign Portugal’s minister for infrastructure, João Galamba, guaranteed in parliament today that he will not resign after being made an official suspect in the case involving
Portuguese Parliament to be dissolved on January 15
Portugal’s Parliament will be dissolved on January 15. The announcement was made today by Parliament President, Augusto Santos e Silva. “We all agreed that it no longer makes sense to
PSD leader to embark on four-day Algarve visit
Luís Montenegro will visit every borough in Algarve PSD President Luís Montenegro will visit the Algarve between Monday and Thursday (November 13 and 16), with planned stops in every municipality
Five reasons why Marcelo will dissolve parliament, call early election
Marcelo will dissolve Parliament in December and called early elections for March 10 There are five key reasons that President Marcelo cited were behind his decision to dissolve Portugal’s parliament
Costa says country “didn’t deserve to be called to new elections”
Portugal’s acting PM wanted Mário Centeno as PS leader Portugal’s acting prime minister António Costa has been talking to reporters in the street ahead of a meeting of the PS
Corruption probe brings down Portugal’s Socialist government
President dissolves parliament, calling elections for March 10 President Marcelo is dissolving parliament, calling elections for March 10, 2024 – but ensuring the 2024 State Budget goes through. To do
Government’s most popular minister ‘ponders’ standing for leadership
José Luís Carneiro, the government’s most popular minister (according to recent polls) is said to be ‘pondering’ running for party leadership, now that prime minister António Costa has resigned. Mr
Brussels calls for ‘commitment’ on budget in light of Portugal’s political crisis
“There are ways to move forwards” even in current confusion The European Commission has today called for “commitment” from Portuguese authorities regarding the 2024 State Budget, given that in light
Caretaker PM replaces chief of staff
Now Portugal’s caretaker prime minister António Costa has substituted his chief of staff, arrested earlier this week and held in preventive custody in Operation Influencer, for Tiago Vasconcelos, previously his