Attorney general opens investigation into PM’s family business
Family business is at heart of Portugal’s political crisis Portugal’s attorney general Amadeu Guerra has announced that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened a preventive investigation into the prime minister
Mining halts in Moncorvo following environmental veto
Aethel Mining company’s implementation project at issue Five years after mining resumed in Torre de Moncorvo in the early days of the pandemic, work has come to a halt, with
Scores of aftershocks in Azores after 5.3 earthquake
40 aftershocks rattle islands of São Miguel, Santa Maria and Terceira Around 40 aftershocks have been recorded following yesterday’s 5.3 early morning earthquake in the Eastern Azores Fracture Zone, off
CUF acquires 75% of HPA Saúde
The amount of the acquisition has not been divulged The Portuguese private healthcare provider CUF, which has a string of hospitals up and down the country, announced last Friday that
Major incident as Portuguese cargo ship collides with US fuel tanker off English coast
Both vessels create “massive fireball” A major rescue operation got underway off the east coast of England this morning after a Portuguese flagged cargo vessel collided in the north sea,
Portugal’s “principal means of Naval dissuasion” high and dry
At time when Europe is preparing mass rearming, Portugal’s submarines “inoperational” Popular tabloid Correio da Manhã gives one of its ‘thumbs down’ today to the Minister of Defence after learning
Icon of revolution posthumously decorated Officer of Order of Liberty
Celeste Caeiro “died alone waiting for an x-ray in hospital” President Marcelo has posthumously decorated Celeste Caeiro today, honouring the woman who inadvertently made the carnation the symbol of the
CHEGA publicises draft report accusing President Marcelo of ‘abuse of power’
Right-wingers rush to release (own) findings in ‘twins’ inquiry Right wing party CHEGA called a press conference yesterday to release a draft report on the commission of inquiry into the
Multiple strategies mounted to pull Portugal back from prospect of snap election
Lisbon mayor, Minister for Territorial Cohesion and presidential hopeful all hold out for stability There are multiple strategies underway today to try and pull the country back from the awful
Operation Influencer: judge refuses to return €75,800 seized from PM’s official residence
Former Chief of Staff Vítor Escária has already appealed decision The investigating judge in the “Influencer” case that brought down an absolute majority (Socialist) government – and essentially led Portugal