Parliamentary inquiry into ‘high level favoritism’ unlikely to hear President Marcelo
“Everything indicates Marcelo will not be attending” The parliamentary inquiry ‘requested’ by CHEGA in the wake of the damning IGAS report into the multi-million ‘free health treatment’ in Portugal of
Opposition lines up on final day of debate over government programme
Two motions of rejection expected to fail The second and last day of parliamentary debate on the incoming government’s programme opens with opposition parties declaring how they will vote. Without
88-year-old woman killed in Odemira by dogs she bred
PJ police are investigating the death of an 88-year-old woman who was attacked earlier this week by three Rafeiro Alentejano (cattle) dogs, which she had raised from birth. The attack
Case against former PM António Costa transfers from Supreme Court to DCIAP
The Operation Influencer case against former Prime Minister António Costa – the ‘paragraph’ that prompted his resignation and fall of the PS absolute majority government – is to be transferred
MPs who speak too long will have microphones switched off
One of the ‘new measures’ brought in by José Pedro Aguiar Branco – the government’s choice for parliamentary president – is to ‘switch off’ the microphones of any MPs who
9th year final exams to be paper-based this year
The 9th grade final exams in Portugal will be paper-based this year in order to guarantee fairness for all schoolchildren, while assessment tests will continue to be carried out in
Long-awaited meeting between police forces and government takes place tomorrow
Next few days will see meeting with teachers With parliament in a form of meltdown – PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos has just ‘challenged the government’ to present a motion
PSD minister “completely tranquil” about PJ swoop on Cascais town hall
Miguel Pinto Luz is former deputy mayor of Cascais Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, said today that he was “completely calm” about the searches at Cascais Town
Fishermen ride into desalination furore: “a tragedy” for sector
Algarve’s desalination plant threatens financial ruin for “many families” QUARPESCA (the association of Quarteira fishermen) has ridden into the mounting furore over plans to spend €90 million on constructing a
Housing in Portugal: government focuses on repealing “wrong measures” of last executive
Delivers hope on multiple levels – but does not outline how much it will all cost AD’s blueprint for the future of housing in Portugal is diverse (listed under five