Portugal 29/01/2016 Public sector workers put Portugal's leftist coalition under pressure Portugal’s new Socialist-led coalition government is facing its first test; a strike by around half of the country’s 600,000 civil servants. Courts
Portugal 25/01/2016 Portugal elects veteran centre-right Rebelo de Sousa as president Portugal has a new president! The veteran centre-right candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa notched up a convincing win in Sunday’s ballot, avoiding
Portugal 24/01/2016 Portugal goes to the polls for a new president People in Portugal have been voting in the presidential election against an unstable political backdrop that has seen the country ruled by a shaky
Portugal 24/01/2016 Portugal's new president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wants to 'heal wounds' Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been elected as the new president of Portugal. Euronews followed the centre-right politician’s election campaign and
Portugal 24/01/2016 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
Portugal 19/01/2016 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
Portugal 19/01/2016 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
Portugal 19/01/2016 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
Portugal 19/01/2016 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
economy 27/11/2015 Will anti-austerity Portugal become the new Greece? Is Portugal about to take the same path as Greece? That’s the question being asked as the country’s new Socialist government was sworn in promising
Portugal 27/11/2015 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
Portugal 24/11/2015 Portugal's political turmoil set to end as Antonio Costa named prime minister Portugal’s president has named Socialist leader Antonio Costa as prime minister after weeks of political stalemate. The move by Anibal Cavaco Silva
Portugal 24/11/2015 Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva appoints Socialist leader António Costa Prime Minister Our journalists are working on this story and will update it as soon as more information becomes available.
Portugal 11/11/2015 Portugal's president caught in polarity that aborted the government Portugal is hovering in uncertainty after left-wing MPs brought about the government’s collapse on Tuesday. It had stood for 11 days. Prime Minister
Portugal 10/11/2015 Portugal PM Passos Coelho defeated by anti-austerity MPs Anti-austerity lawmakers have ousted Portugal’s centre-right government by rejecting its policy proposals less than two weeks after it was sworn in
Portugal 10/11/2015 Portugal's centre-right coalition government ousted Portugal’s centre-right coalition government has fallen less than two weeks after it was sworn in. A group of left-wing parties rejected Passos
Portugal 10/11/2015 Portugal's government falls Portugal’s centre-right coalition government has fallen less than two weeks after it was sworn in. A group of left-wing parties rejected the
Portugal 10/11/2015 Key vote could topple Portugal PM Coelho's minority government Portugal’s prime minister has warned that leaving the path of reforms and meeting eurozone commitments would ruin the country. Pedro Passos Coelho
Portugal 09/11/2015 Portugal's Socialists threaten to bring down the government Portugal faces uncertainty as parliament begins debating the centre-right government’s new programme after last month’s inconclusive general
Portugal 07/11/2015 Portugal leftist parties clinch historic deal, aim to topple government An unprecedented alliance between Portugal’s centre-left and its radical left looks set to topple the centre-right minority government just weeks
