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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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