Polls put PS Socialists back in the lead – but right wing parties with majority
Latest opinion polling on which party most people would vote for has shown that the bubble of apparent PSD buoyancy has already burst: PS Socialists are back in the lead,
Polls put UN secretary-general António Guterres in running for Portuguese presidency
Opinion polls are back in force this week, with one ‘sounding’ of the people focusing on who they would like to see in Belém Palace when President Marcelo’s second term
Secretary of Defence resigns in wake of investigation into suspected corruption
Marco Capitão Ferreira is latest defendant in Operation Perfect Storm PJ police conducted new searches under the auspices of Operation Perfect Storm today, resulting in the resignation of Secretary of
Parliament passes extraordinary tax on short-term rentals
New tax applies to ‘apartments and lodgings in autonomous fraction of a building’ Parliament has approved in detail the extraordinary contribution on short-term rental apartments and lodgings, having rejected proposals
Costa to visit Portuguese military stationed in Lithuania
PM António Costa will be in Lithuania early next week ahead of the long-announced NATO summit, scheduled to start in the country’s capital, Vilnius, on Tuesday. The idea is that
Government to hold “informal” Cabinet meeting on Saturday
The government will be meeting informally tomorrow, for an “informal, extra” meeting of the Cabinet (Council of Ministers) to prepare for the upcoming State of the Nation debate in parliament
PM awaits final report on TAP to assess political fallout
Parliamentary inquiry has now ended; final conclusions being prepared Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, is awaiting the final conclusions of the report of the TAP commission of inquiry to know
Former minister returns to parliament after six-month break
Pedro Nuno Santos resigned in turbulence of TAP golden handshake debacle Pedro Nuno Santos, long seen as ‘pretender’ to the prime minister’s role as leader of the Socialist Party, has
Portugal won’t be bullied into cutting back on social support measures
Minister gives statement following ECB president’s remarks on inflation Portugal’s top cabinet minister trod a fine line in diplomacy today, saying the government means to following a line of balance
President and PM throw weight behind criticism of ECB’s inflation-beating policy
ECB has not sufficiently understood nature of inflation, says António Costa Prime minister António Costa, and President Marcelo, have thrown their weight behind – or certainly their voices to –