After hours of political back-and-forth as politicians discussed the merits, or otherwise, of the AD minority government’s 2027 State Budget proposal, MPs emerged from the chamber to discover a veritable

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More than 27,000 immigrants were informed, this year, that they should leave Portugal. However, only around 800 complied with the voluntary departure notice, according to figures provided by the Minister

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With the PM having broken his silence to praise police actions, Portugal’s PSP (Public Security Police) force has today published a video showing incidents of violence directed towards them during

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Prime minister Luís Montenegro has finally broken his silence of recent days – but it is unlikely that opposition parties heard what they were hoping for. The leader of the

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Portugal’s political parties in opposition have reacted quickly to the words today from the president about Sunday’s ‘baton charge’ by police on demonstrators in Lisbon – and none of them

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The state-sector union Frente Comum (Common Front) has called for a national strike by public-sector trade unions on November 20. A resolution adopted at the plenary session held outside parliament

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Opponents of the Barroso lithium mine in Boticas, mounted a new blockade today, stressing they will not give up in their fight to thwart British-based mining company Savannah Resources. Early

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After several days of silence and growing pressure from the opposition, the President of the Republic finally spoke out today about police interventions during the housing protests.  António José Seguro

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Raids in broad daylight by US immigration police have become a daily reality for the Portuguese community in the State of New Jersey, which several Portuguese nationals have described to

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Jose Manuel Pureza is better known in Portugal as the leader of the Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) but he has also been a lecturer in international relations at the

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Police officers are preparing a demonstration for Thursday, in Lisbon, to demand better working conditions and pay – and ironically, the housing crisis is intrinsically involved: unions warn that the

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A choir group gathered last night in front of the President of the Republic’s home, in Caldas da Rainha, to sing protest songs and demand that António José Seguro take

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Today is the day that the government’s proposal for next year’s State Budget comes under debate in parliament – and, due to tensions focused on lack of housing, the event

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The insurer of Lisbon’s municipal transport operator, Carris, has contested the claim for compensation relating to one of the fatalities in the Gloria funicular accident, albeit conceding that the quaint

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Portugal has opened a new wing at the Porto Temporary Accommodation Centre (CIT), bringing total capacity for irregular migrants to 171—exceeding the European benchmark of 102. Minister for Interior Administration

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In spite of the fact that the presidential victory of Brazil’s president Lula in yesterday’s elections came with the seal of the country’s Superior Electoral Court, CHEGA leader André Ventura

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After the hottest September since records in Portugal began, October too is drawing to a close with temperatures well above normal – and likely to stay that way for days

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Planned investment under the government’s ‘Construir Portugal’ housing programme will fall by almost two-thirds next year as European recovery funding ends — against a backdrop of protests over housing shortages

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For the last five months, the 20 or so residents of the village of Boiço (Tábua municipality) have been ‘living in hell’, writes Correio da Manhã today – all because

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PS Socialists convened an urgent parliamentary hearing today with Minister for Housing and Infrastructure Miguel Pinto Luz to clarify suspicions of a conflict of interest surrounding the approval of the

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