Portugal

Portugal

Maria de Belém puts socialist strife aside to focus on presidency bid

Maria de Belém was the first woman to preside over the Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS), between 2011 and 2014, but she is not its official candidate

19/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal's Sampaio da Nóvoa sets sights on the presidency

Antonio Sampaio da Nóvoa wants to reset Portugal’s political clock if he is elected president on January 24. The independent candidate wants to end

19/01/2016

Portugal

Portuguese want new president to maintain political non-bias

The Portuguese will vote for a new president on the 24th of January. There are (a record) ten candidates to succeed the outgoing Cavaco Silva, but

19/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal's presidential candidates launch campaigning

A record ten candidates have officially launched their campaigning to become president of Portugal in elections on 24th January. They run as

12/01/2016

Portugal

Portugal given back four public holidays

Four public holidays have been reintroduced in Portugal, two years after they were axed in an austerity drive. The new Socialist government obtained

08/01/2016

Sport

Porto sack coach Lopetegui

Porto have sacked manager Julen Lopetegui after one and a half seasons in charge. The decision to dismiss the 49-year old comes following a poor run

08/01/2016

Economy

Will anti-austerity Portugal become the new Greece?

Is Portugal about to take the same path as Greece? That’s the question being asked as the country’s new Socialist government was sworn in promising

27/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's new government sworn in

Portugal’s new government has been sworn in, ending weeks of political uncertainty. It is led by the moderate Socialist party and backed in

27/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's political turmoil set to end as Antonio Costa named prime minister

Portugal’s president has named Socialist leader Antonio Costa as prime minister after weeks of political stalemate. The move by Anibal Cavaco Silva

24/11/2015

Portugal

Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva appoints Socialist leader António Costa Prime Minister

24/11/2015

Culture news

'Madame Bovary' and the danger inherent in art

“Madame Bovary” is considered a masterpiece and a seminal work of realism and as such one of the most influential works of fiction ever written

24/11/2015

Business Planet

Start-up city: why Lisbon is luring entrepreneurs

Lisbon has much to offer the multitudes of tourists who visit every year but it’s now also proving attractive to entrepreneurs. Under a special

13/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal government approves final details of TAP sell off

The Portuguese government has approved the final details in the sell off the country’s national airline TAP. It claimed time had run out for the

12/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's president caught in polarity that aborted the government

Portugal is hovering in uncertainty after left-wing MPs brought about the government’s collapse on Tuesday. It had stood for 11 days. Prime Minister

11/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal PM Passos Coelho defeated by anti-austerity MPs

Anti-austerity lawmakers have ousted Portugal’s centre-right government by rejecting its policy proposals less than two weeks after it was sworn in

10/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's centre-right coalition government ousted

Portugal’s centre-right coalition government has fallen less than two weeks after it was sworn in. A group of left-wing parties rejected Passos

10/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's government falls

Portugal’s centre-right coalition government has fallen less than two weeks after it was sworn in. A group of left-wing parties rejected the

10/11/2015

Portugal

Key vote could topple Portugal PM Coelho's minority government

Portugal’s prime minister has warned that leaving the path of reforms and meeting eurozone commitments would ruin the country. Pedro Passos Coelho

10/11/2015

Economy

Market flight continues as left-wing Portuguese government become more possible

Portugal's electorate sees the markets make their minds up about their votes, and money flees a possible Socialist-led left coalition coming into office

09/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal's Socialists threaten to bring down the government

Portugal faces uncertainty as parliament begins debating the centre-right government’s new programme after last month’s inconclusive general

09/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal leftist parties clinch historic deal, aim to topple government

An unprecedented alliance between Portugal’s centre-left and its radical left looks set to topple the centre-right minority government just weeks

07/11/2015

Portugal

Portugal Ahead coalition sworn in, sets clock ticking

The countdown begins for Portugal's new government, with just ten days to convince parliament it is the right choice for the job.

30/10/2015

Portugal

Portugal: The Baron 4 and The Jay Vons set to storm Barreiro Rocks 2015

30/10/2015

Portugal

Portugal's government precarious, income gap widens

As the cheering dies down, Pedro Passos Coelho’s victory is laced with defeat after Portugal’s legislative elections a few weeks ago (Oct. 4th). He

28/10/2015

Portugal

Portuguese cabinet to be sworn in...but for how long?

Portugal is set to swear in a new centre-right minority government on Friday, (October 30), but how long it will last remains to be seen. President

27/10/2015

Culture news

Lisbon and Sao Paulo - Fashion capitals

Portugal Fashion Week has kicked off in Lisbon. Over 30 shows will take place to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the event, which has a tradition

23/10/2015