With no last-minute surprises, the proposed State Budget for next year was approved, in general terms, with only the governing parties voting in favor and PS, PAN and JPP abstaining.

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Portugal’s minister for the environment and energy has announced support for the purchase of electric vehicles – specifically for low-income households – covering around 20,000 vehicles with subsidies of up

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An open letter signed by more than 400 lawyers accuses the police of resorting to the disproportionate use of force at housing demonstrations in Porto and Lisbon last weekend.  The

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Portugal’s right-wing populist party CHEGA has said today that the “solution to the housing crisis is remigration”,  challenging the government to “enforce the law” and encourage foreigners who may disrupt

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Portugal’s government announced that it has offered Spain support through organisations such as CP and Infraestruturas de Portugal, following the train crash in Toledo today that has claimed at least

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PS Socialists on Lisbon City Council are highly sceptical of the Mayor’s statements that it is costing the city €100,000 to clean graffiti from the iconic statue in Rossio square

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PJ police in Portugal have arrested a young Moroccan woman, described as Spain’s “most wanted fugitive for fraud”,  the subject of 26 arrest warrants and already sentenced to a prison

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On a lighter note from the grinding right to housing angst playing out in Portugal today, Sábado reports on a ‘digital prank’ that managed to create a ‘fake campsite’ on

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The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing said today that “indignation deserves to be heard”, referring to protests in the streets, but insisted that the new urban rental regime (so reviled

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Organisers of the Acampada Lisboa (right to housing encampment) decided to pitch tents away from the parliament building last night, citing the need to ensure safety conditions at the site

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Opponents of lithium mining in Covas do Barroso, Boticas, are continuing their protest today against exploration work by British based Savannah Resources, to “defend a way of life” and, ultimately,

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Trying to solve Portugal’s crushing shortage of qualified teachers, the government has come up with what it hopes is a solution. It wants to allow graduates with a degree in

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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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