Lisboa. Tens of thousands of people celebrated in Lisbon on Thursday the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, a bloodless coup led by young Portuguese officers that ended 48 years of dictatorship and 13 years of colonial wars in Africa. The traditional popular parade along Liberty Avenue, the culmination of hundreds of initiatives over several … Read more
The PSD leader considered this Monday that the prime minister’s response to TAP “is not skill, it is an escape from responsibility”, questioning whether António Costa only finds the email from former Secretary of State Hugo Mendes extremely serious. Luís Montenegro reacted through the social network Twitter to the news from the Lusa agency this … Read more
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on Saturday praised the energy of the Prime Minister, António Costa, and justified why he spoke of the Government’s fatigue, considering that he shares some of that “inevitable exhaustion”. The head of state was speaking with António Costa at his side, at a joint press conference … Read more
The reheated absolute majority and the tired prime minister showed Wednesday, in Parliament, that the old tension between reality and perception will accompany us for some more time in this political cycle. António Costa was very prepared, energetic, with proposals, debatable, it is true, but proposals, and some killer cues for the Palace of Belém … Read more
The new extraordinary regime of support to families for the payment of rent and installment and credit agreement, known as ‘More Housing’, was published this Wednesday in the official newspaper, to come into force on Thursday. The measures aim to help families with more financial difficulties to cope with the rise in interest rates on … Read more
“I swear on my honor to faithfully perform the functions in which I am invested and defend, comply and enforce the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic”, said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, giving the declaration of commitment. The retired professor, 72 years old, swore again the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic in the presence of 100 … Read more
It was the first face and the first name of the ballot paper for these presidential elections, but it did not officially enter the race for Belém. The explanation given to the date was short: Eduardo Baptista delivered only 11 signatures of the 7500 proposals required and of these, only six were validated. But it … Read more
Around 9.8 citizens are called on this Sunday to elect a new president in Portugal. And that in the middle of the corona pandemic and during a shutdown that came into effect a few days ago. Due to the high risk of infection, there is an extremely low turnout – and this calls into question … Read more
On the 2nd of October I wrote “immigrant lives count”, At a time when the cry“black lives matter”Resonated in Portuguese lands, because he life of Ihor Homeniuk it does not count less than that of George Floyd. However, fell the director of SEF after a valiant tug of ears European Commissioner Ylva Johansson. This dismissal … Read more
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has already advanced with the request for renewal of the state of emergency, which will take effect between 00:00 on November 24 and 23:59 on December 8. In view of the current state of emergency, the President assumes that the scope is broader, failing to classify it as “limited”. The proposal … Read more