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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

World

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

My Europe Series

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

30/09/2015

World

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

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

Portugal: Armando Vara arrested in same corruption case as former PM

Armando Vara has become the latest Portuguese ex-government official to be arrested as part of an ongoing corruption investigation. The 61-year-old

11/07/2015

Portugal

Portugal's former first lady Maria Barroso has died aged 90

Portugal’s former first lady Maria Barroso has died. Lisbon’s Red Cross Hospital said the ex-actress died on Tuesday, 10 days after being admitted

07/07/2015

World

Portugal weighs prizes and pain of four years of austerity

Portugal quit its 78-billion euro bailout scheme last May, having signed up to a rescue plan in 2011 as its borrowing costs soared. By 2012 they

15/05/2015

Portugal

Portuguese media uproar over 'censorship' law proposal

Portuguese media are up in arms over a proposed law that would force them to submit their election coverage plans for approval by a committee or face

25/04/2015

Portugal

Judge keeps former Portuguese PM Socrates in custody in corruption inquiry

25/11/2014

Portugal

Socrates has history of corruption accusations that didn't stick

24/11/2014

Portugal

Portugal's ex-PM is detained for a third night in tax fraud probe

24/11/2014

My Europe Series

Portugal hopes to become a pensioner's paradise with zero tax offer

25/07/2014

World

Portugal's Carnation hope overpowered by austerity bitterness

25/04/2014

World

Growth the key in Europe says Portuguese president

14/06/2013