Sacked Secretary of State may have to return âŹ500,000 TAP golden handshake
Payment âruns risk of being illegalâ As much as the government might like to draw a line under it, the TAP golden handshake âscandalâ still appears to have some way
TAP pilots syndicate calls for resignation of airlineâs top brass
CEO and chairman âshould assume responsibilitiesâ and go, says syndicate leader In the wake of the developing âgolden handshakeâ row, SPAC – the syndicate of civil aviation pilots – has
Crisis in government: is TAP âgolden handshakeâ 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, Portugalâs government is in disarray. The âgolden
Minister of Infrastructure resigns in wake of TAP payoff scandal
Pedro Nuno Santos becomes latest government official to resign Portugalâs 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 âgolden handshakeâ row: Secretary of State resigns
⊠but will it be âenoughâ 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” – LuĂs Montenegro (PSD leader) LuĂs Montenegro, the leader of Portugal’s main opposition PSD said today that the prime minister (AntĂłnio Costa), the minister of
TAPâs two-day strike with âtotal adhesionâ
The first day of TAPâs two-day cabin crew strike this week has begun with âtotal adhesionâ. Minimum services decreed by the courts are running thanks to TAPâs low-cost arm PortugĂĄlia.
âChristmas at riskâ: 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 âand threaten more to comeâ
Likelihood of further strike days âvery probableâ says syndicate president Another holiday period, another TAP strike. TAP cabin crew syndicate SNPVAC is meeting today, ostensibly to confirm the strike scheduled