Analysis: Can all the King’s horses and all the King’s men put back the...
How did a country that everyone held up as a shining example in meeting bailout terms spiral into political collapse? Was it down to social conflicts? No. It was down to the personalities of the PSD...
View Article“Two surreal political days”, writes PDV editor Vítor Matos
Portugal is living the surreal nightmare of an irresponsibility from its main political leaders impossible to imagine. It’s been 48 hours of madness. On Monday, the minister of Finance, Vítor Gaspar...
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General strike: Unions claim strong participation; Govt says country didn’t stop
Protests in Lisbon (Photograph: CGTP/All Rights Reserved/LUSA) The CGTP and the UGT hailed on Thursday the strong participation of workers in the general strike, but the government stressed that the...
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Austerity: Two years under troika rule
Her future is brighter, but still far from ideal. Primary teacher Raquel Nogueira was left jobless last September with a six-month-old baby and had to rely on moderate benefits and her husband’s...
View ArticleStreet protests expected for fourth general strike under government
Street protests against the current right-of-centre government’s policies are being planned around the country for Thursday, the day of the fourth general strike called by Portugal’s two trade union...
View ArticleGeneral strike: Portugal expecting disruption of services Thursday
A large scale turnout for Thursday’s general strike was forecast by the CGTP trade union confederation Secretary General Arménio Carlos in a meeting with Loures Municipal Council workers on Tuesday....
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Education: Teachers’ strike puts 75,000 exams at risk today
A poster with an image of Minister of Education Nuno Crato during the teachers' demonstration held in Lisbon on Saturday (photograph: José Sena Goulão / Lusa Some 75,000 students will only find out...
View ArticleMinister of finance: ‘I have broad scope for learning from my errors”
The Portuguese state is slowly but steadily correcting its underlying budget deficit with the situation going broadly as planned, was the message from Minister of Finance Vítor Gaspar as he dealt with...
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Political parties: President hails efforts to achieve consensus
President Cavaco Silva (L) speaking to journalists after a prize-giving ceremony for innovative business ideas among Portuguese emigrants (Photograph: Presidency of the Portuguese Republic/All Rights...
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Protests: June general strike picking up support
UGT Secretary General Carlos Silva announcing the upcoming general strike called for 27 June (Photograph: Miguel A. Lopes/LUSA) UGT, one of the two main Portuguese public sector trade union...
View Article‘The health of zebras and the economy of fear’, by PDV editor Vítor Matos
The hypothalamus determines the future of the country. The reactions of the Portuguese to fear, processed in this area of the brain, will dictate whether we’ll be paralysed by it, initiate a revolt or...
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Paulo Portas: “I’m against the tax on pensions”
Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas also called for political consensus on corporate tax (Photograph: All Rights Reserved) Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas reiterated...
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Pensions: Prime minister admits retroactive cuts
Prime Minister Passos Coelho during the quarterly debates in parliament (Photograph: João Relvas/Lusa) The Portuguese prime minister admitted the government may go ahead with retroactive cuts to...
View ArticleBailout: Troika returns Tuesday after PM announces €4.8bn cuts
A technical mission from the troika of international lenders (International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Commission) is to assess Tuesday the latest austerity measures announced by...
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Coalition: CDS-PP leader voices disagreement with PM
Leader of the coalition's junior partner CDS-PP and Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas (Photograph: Miguel A. Lopes/LUSA) The leader of the conservative CDS-PP party made a televised...
View ArticlePrime Minister: Portugal plans to lay off 30,000 civil servants
Portugal plans to cut 30,000 public service jobs and to raise the retirement age by one year to 66, Prime Minister Passos Coelho said on Friday, as the country pushes on with austerity to avoid a...
View ArticlePM to unveil medium-term cuts on Friday night
Portugal’s prime minister, Pedro Passo Coelho, is to unveil details of planned structural reforms to slash state spending at 8pm on Friday, a government spokesman told Lusa on Thursday. The...
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Austerity: Government approves budget strategy document
The Minister of Finance Vítor Gaspar will submit the supplementary budget to parliament by mid-May.(Photograph: Mário Cruz/LUSA) Portugal’s government on Tuesday approved a Budget Strategy Document...
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National Congress: Socialist leader unveils plan to boost employment
António José Seguro speaking at the closure of the 19th Socialist National Congress on Sunday (Photograph: Estela Silva/Lusa) Socialist Secretary General António José Seguro proposed a plan to boost...
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Austerity: Government delays holiday bonus until November
Minister of Defence José Pedro Aguiar-Branco followed by Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Luís Marques Guedes, Minister of State and Regional Development Miguel Poiares Maduro and Secretary of State...
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