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Socialist leader consults 20 economists for ‘alternative’ to government’s labour reform

A little like the time, over 10 years ago, when PS Socialist leader António Costa asked 12 economists to come up with a blueprint for a new Socialist government, current

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Portugal in trouble for not giving legal aid to undocumented foreigners

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On a day when the European Commission has given with one hand, it has taken with another – by launching proceedings against Portugal for failing to guarantee legal aid to suspects

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Brussels sends agents, €8 million, to support Portugal’s ‘border control system’

Lisbon airport queue misery returns

Brussels has finally seen the light. After claiming that months of ‘chaos’ at airport border controls were ‘unrelated’ to its new Entry/ Exit system (EES), the European Commission has announced

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PM still fighting tooth and nail to block public access to ‘Spinumviva’ business dealings

Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, is still fighting tooth and nail to block public access to salient details of his family business, Spinumviva. EpT, (the country’s transparency entity), decided last

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Six people arrested in Lisbon after violence breaks out during end of strike demo

PSP police arrested six people outside parliament in Lisbon yesterday, after the ‘peaceful’ protest organised by striking union members against the government’s labour package appears to have been infiltrated by

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Portugal airport strike causes major flight disruptions as hundreds of services cancelled

The industrial action had its biggest impact at Lisbon Airport, where nearly 100 arrivals and departures were cancelled throughout the day. Porto Airport was also heavily affected, with close to

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“Vast majority of Portuguese are working” – Government downplays impact of general strike

“Vast majority of Portuguese are working” – Government downplays impact of general strike

Portugal’s Labour Minister, Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho, has downplayed the impact of Wednesday’s general strike, insisting that the “vast majority of Portuguese are working” and that disruption in the

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Breakthrough cancer injection to be tested in Portugal after “unprecedented” trial results

Breakthrough cancer injection to be tested in Portugal after “unprecedented” trial results

A groundbreaking cancer treatment hailed as one of the most promising advances in oncology is set to be tested in Portugal after delivering what experts described as “unprecedented” results in

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PM convinced ‘overwhelming majority of Portuguese’ will not strike tomorrow

PM Luís Montenegro

Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, expressed his conviction today that the “overwhelming majority of working Portuguese people” will go to work tomorrow – the day of the general strike. Upon

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