Bumper gains at central bankÂ
2021âs profits see more money funneled into State Budget The Bank of Portugal ended 2021 with âŹ508 million in liquid gains. The total represents âŹ42 million more than had been
Public sector syndicates threaten strikes and protests
Fury increases over government’s proposed State Budget Public sector workers are threatening strikes and protests unless the government rethinks salaries as outlined in this yearâs State Budget. Finance minister Fernando
State Budget 2022 arrives in parliament this afternoon
Months late and unlikely to satisfy (m)any Months late, and unlikely to satisfy (m)any, the PS governmentâs State Budget (OE2022) will be presented to parliament this afternoon. With inflation already
War obliges government to re-think 2022 State Budget
This is just one of the headlines this weekend illustrating the collateral effect of war in Ukraine. Portugalâs 2022 State Budget is already desperately âlateâ (in that its veto last
Government faces âmarking timeâ till April; budget unlikely to be passed before July
Due to the âmonumental fiascoâ requiring repeat-voting among emigrĂ©s in Europe (click here), Portugal’s PS government faces âmarking timeâ until April – the closest date for a new executive to
State signs 13 mining contracts two days after State Budget collapse
The Portuguese State, in this case the department of geology and energy (DGEG) signed 13 mining contracts two days after the State Budget collapsed last week. Although the timing appears
Strikes, strikes, strikes⊠November pitted by industrial action across multiple sectors
The âgood newsâ is that pharmacists have called off their strike âat the 11th hourâ. It was due to have started today and run through to next Tuesday. But the
Months of political limbo ahead âjust when government poised to fire up economyâ
Rejection of the State Budget in parliament yesterday consigns Portugal âto months of political limbo just when the government was poised to fire up the economy after the Covid-19 pandemic
âPortugal’s election campaign has already begunâ, warns political commentator
With television stations concentrating today on the debate in parliament ahead of voting on the State Budget tomorrow afternoon, political commentator Bernardo FerrĂŁo has said there is no point wasting
Portugalâs political crisis: government enters debate today affirming it has never gone so far to satisfy the left
Portugalâs political crisis enters a new phase today: the debate in parliament leading up to tomorrowâs first vote on the apparently deadlocked State Budget. Negotiations have spectacularly broken down with