Saturday round-up: TAP CEO demands more than €3 million in severance pay; Alentejan councils investigated for fraud with EU funds
Country’s bishops cannot agree on pedophile priests; teachers maintain strike actions Saturday has brought no end to ongoing national soap operas. Splashed over Correio da Manhã’s front page is the
Fired TAP CEO lawyers-up
As many expected, former CEO of TAP Christine Ourmières-Widener is moving forwards with a law suit against the Portuguese government for wrongful dismissal. Key in the process will be her
Algarve cuisine promoted on TAP flights
Algarve chef Noélia Jerónimo (pictured) has been invited to join a star-studded line-up of chefs who will be preparing special menus to promote traditional Portuguese food on TAP flights as
TAP flight crew “satisfied with conclusions of IGF report”
Hope new CEO brings peace to troubled airline TAP flight crew syndicate leader Ricardo Penarroias has given the government’s decision to dismiss the airline’s top brass a resounding thumbs-up. The
TAP CEO and chairman dismissed in (still choppy) wake of golden handshake row
Former director, ex-Secretary of State has to pay back bulk of €500,000 handshake Following months of controversy, obfuscation and various versions of ‘the truth’, the Portuguese government has dismissed the
Final IGF reports on TAP golden handshake due to be sent to finance ministry tomorrow
Friday should be the moment the ‘final’ report by the IGF (general inspectorate of finances) is delivered on the legality (or not) of the €500,000 TAP golden handshake paid to
Tax inspectorate confirms “irregularities” in TAP golden handshake that toppled minister
IGF, the general inspectorate of finances, has confirmed that the golden handshake, paid by TAP, that set off a chain reaction of government resignations last month “presented strong irregularities”. In
TAP confirms reduction to 20% for planned pay cuts
Portugal’s national flag carrier, TAP, announced today that it is going ahead with a reduction of 20% for temporary pay cuts for all employees (not 25% as previously stated), as
TAP “did business with itself … which is prohibited”
Financial expert explains the ‘mystery’ of the 53 ultra expensive Airbus 330s… The plot thickens: following on from “suspicions” that Portugal’s flagship airline TAP paid 20% over the odds in
TAP workers to meet next week to discuss opposition to privatisation
The Works Council of Portugal’s flag carrier, TAP, has called a general plenary meeting for next Wednesday, to discuss the planned privatisation of the company, which it opposes. Coordinator Cristina