Portugal

Portugal

After austerity and election win, Portugal's Coelho faces biggest challenge yet

Winning an election after introducing the toughest austerity measures in decades turned out to be just the first challenge facing Portuguese prime

05/10/2015

Portugal

Passos Coelho wins re-election in Portugal, says ready to "compromise"

It is a win, but not with an overall majority for the Portuguese centre-right, which looks set to win about 38.5% of the vote to the Socialists 32%

05/10/2015

Portugal

Austerity campaign pays off as Portugal's centre-right edges into new term

Portugal’s centre-right coalition government under Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has won another four-year term. In what was seen as a test of

05/10/2015

Portugal

Conservative coalition on course for another win in Portuguese elections

All signs are pointing to a second consecutive election win for Portugal’s conservative Portugal Ahead coalition. However, they seem likely to lose

04/10/2015

Portugal

Portugal parliamentary elections underway

Portugal is voting in parliamentary elections today (October 4). Portuguese league football matches, which are not traditionally scheduled to take

04/10/2015

Portugal

Portugal set for Sunday's election

Portugal is all set for Sunday’s general elections. The country’s prime minister Passos Coelho has made a final push to boost his chances of not only

03/10/2015

World

Portugal's silent revolt and desertion of the young

The reputation of the Portuguese people as calm, or even submissive, in relation to the past few years of austerity has rarely wavered. Their anger

02/10/2015

Portugal

Portuguese elections: conservatives maintain narrow lead in polls

Portugal is living through its closest election race since becoming a democracy in 1974. With the country gearing up for Sunday’s (October 4) general

02/10/2015

Portugal

Portugal's Socialist leader Costa promises alternative to austerity

Antonio Costa is more popular than the Socialist party that he leads. He goes into these elections enjoying the appreciation of Lisbon residents; he

02/10/2015

Portugal

Pedro Passo Coelho, premier who tightened Portuguese belts

Pedro Passos Coelho returned the centre-right to power in Portugal in 2011, a neo-liberal economist. The Socialists had been governing for six years

02/10/2015

World

Fainthearted voters wary of Portuguese politics

In Portugal’s legislative elections this Sunday, October 4th, more people than ever might just skip the ballot box. What’s more, pollsters say that

02/10/2015

My Europe Series

Bailout ballot: Portuguese election stokes austerity debate

The coming Portuguese general election raises themes of austerity, reform and growth that Europe has become all too familiar with in recent years

01/10/2015

Portugal

Voter apathy grips Portugal ahead of Sunday's general election

Voters in Portugal look set to express their dissatisfaction with traditional politics by not voting in Sunday’s general election. In 2011 a record

01/10/2015

Portugal

Portugal's voters dare hope austerity will end

30/09/2015

World

Portugal's voters: expecting little, wanting more

The polling forecast for Portugal’s October 4th elections is that the centre-right coalition now in power or the socialists will win. In the streets

30/09/2015

Portugal

What the Portuguese want from their next government

29/09/2015

Portugal

Portuguese elections: when, how and what

What is happening and when? The polls open on October 4 at 9:00 local time (11am CET) and close at 7pm on the mainland (9pm CET), when exit polls

29/09/2015

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Riotous scenes of colour at Portugal festival

15/09/2015

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Cascais: Lumina Light Festival

13/09/2015

Portugal

Novo Banco: more protests over lost assets

There have been more protests outside the offices of Portugal’s rescued bank, Novo Banco. Customers want savings lost when the bank was created from

09/09/2015

Portugal

Former Portugal PM Socrates leaves jail for house arrest

Portugal’s former prime minister Jose Socrates has left prison for house arrest after more than nine months behind bars. Jailed as a preventive

04/09/2015

Portugal

Portuguese firefighters battle blaze to save forests

In central Portugal up to 400 firefighters are still battling a blaze in the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. The flames have already destroyed around

13/08/2015

Portugal

Forest fires: are some being started deliberately?

Forest fires are raging across the northwestern Iberian peninsula, threatening homes and livelihoods. A large fire in Mangualde in Portugal has now

11/08/2015

Portugal

BES: angry savers clamour for their cash in Portugal

Angry customers clamour to get their savings back from the collapsed Portuguese bank Espirito Santo. It is a battle of “Davids versus a Goliath”

10/08/2015

Portugal

Former head of collapsed Portuguese bank under house arrest

Ricardo Selgado is being investigated over allegations of forgery, breach of trust, tax evasion and money laundering

25/07/2015

Portugal

Portuguese president announces general election

Portuguese President, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, has announced that his country’s general election will take place on October 4, 2015. The ruling

22/07/2015