Sacked Secretary of State may have to return €500,000 TAP golden handshake
Payment “runs risk of being illegal” As much as the government might like to draw a line under it, the TAP golden handshake ‘scandal’ still appears to have some way
TAP pilots syndicate calls for resignation of airline’s top brass
CEO and chairman “should assume responsibilities” and go, says syndicate leader In the wake of the developing ‘golden handshake’ row, SPAC – the syndicate of civil aviation pilots – has
Crisis in government: is TAP ‘golden handshake’ the final straw?
With motion of censure already called, Opposition rounds on ruling PS Socialists As the clock ticks forward to the final moments of 2022, Portugal’s government is in disarray. The ‘golden
Minister of Infrastructure resigns in wake of TAP payoff scandal
Pedro Nuno Santos becomes latest government official to resign Portugal’s Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, has become the latest government official to resign in the wake of
Five TAP directors have resigned since 2020
How substantial were their golden handshakes? Alexandra Reis has not been the only TAP director to resign before end of contract in the last few years. Since just before current
TAP “golden handshake” row: Secretary of State resigns
… but will it be ‘enough’ to calm simmering fury? Early this morning came the news everyone expected: Portugal’s secretary of state for the treasury Alexandra Reis has submitted her
PM and ministers “implicated” in secretary of state’s TAP payoff scandal, says opposition
“This government is beyond amendment” – Luís Montenegro (PSD leader) Luís Montenegro, the leader of Portugal’s main opposition PSD said today that the prime minister (António Costa), the minister of
TAP’s two-day strike with “total adhesion”
The first day of TAP’s two-day cabin crew strike this week has begun with “total adhesion”. Minimum services decreed by the courts are running thanks to TAP’s low-cost arm Portugália.
“Christmas at risk”: new strikes at TAP threaten 1,500 flights
Estimates point to axing of 300 flights per day The disaster TAP management and the government said should never happen continued yesterday, with fears today that strikes scheduled by furious
TAP cabin crew expected to confirm strike later this week “and threaten more to come”
Likelihood of further strike days “very probable” says syndicate president Another holiday period, another TAP strike. TAP cabin crew syndicate SNPVAC is meeting today, ostensibly to confirm the strike scheduled