PM accused of lying; Opposition ups ante over tax relief
Parties left and right claim government has “deceived the Portuguese!” With everyone who can heading for the beach, or welcome shade today, Portugal’s political parties are not letting up: the
Bank of Portugal registers negative balance of over a BILLION euros
Almost too startling to be a ‘brief’ news item, Portugal’s central bank has registered a negative operational balance for 2023 of over a BILLION euros. This may have little connection
Government’s programme ‘approved’: AD can start work
Portugal’s minority PSD/CDS government (united with independents under the banner of “AD”, meaning Democratic Alliance) has come through two relatively rough days of debate on its four-year programme, and is
Operation Tutti Frutti: Areeiro parish council searched … again!
PJ police have once again raided Areeiro Parish Council as part of Operation Tutti Frutti, a long-running case investigating alleged illegal party funding schemes in several Lisbon councils. At issue
Environmentalists urge new government to be ‘ambitious’
Fifteen Portuguese environmental organisations have sent an open letter to the prime minister Luís Montenegro, and minister of the environment Maria de Graça Carvalho appealing for the government to adopt
Navy suspends Mondego mutineers
Well over a year since they ‘hit the headlines’ with a mutiny that infuriated the Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces, the 13 members of the garrison of the
“Rabo de Peixe” has airing date for second series
The fabulously popular Netflix series “Rabo de Peixe” (English title: Turn of the Tide), set in the Azores, is well into a new round of filming. The second series is
Air France-KLM group still ‘very interested’ in buying TAP
AD government committed to re-privatisation of TAP The Air France-KLM airline group has said today that it remains “very interested” in the possibility of buying TAP as part of the
PS leader challenges other parties to scrap unpopular (illegal) electronic tolls
Pedro Nuno Santos returns to election pledge PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos has challenged other parties today to follow-through on his party’s electoral pledge to scrap unpopular electronic motorway tolls
Hungary backs Portuguese takeover of Euronews with €45 million
One of aims “to mitigate left-wing bias in journalism” An investigation by Portuguese newspaper Expresso, Hungarian media outlet Direkt36 and world-renowned French daily “Le Monde” has discovered that Hungary was