Portugal Portugal picks a new president amid turbulent political times The people of Portugal are voting for a new president on Sunday in a country never far from political turmoil in recent months. Voters have a record 24/01/2016
Portugal Rebelo de Sousa: the pundit leading opinion polls in Portugal's presidential election Advance polls favour Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to win Portugal’s January 24th presidential election. He has managed to convert his years of popularity 19/01/2016
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 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 President to nominate Prime Minister after post-election talks break down Portugal’s caretaker prime minister says he expects the president to give the go-ahead to his centre-right coalition to form a new government. P 15/10/2015
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
Insight 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 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
Insight 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
the-network 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 What Laura Lavandeira buys at the fresh food markets in Porto has changed in the last several years, as her pension was reduced by around 500 euros 30/09/2015
Insight 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 Ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election, we asked 10 people to summarise in one sentence what they wanted from the next Portuguese 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
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
