10 November 2021
Portugal’s early general election could push the country in one of two very different directions. It could create greater national stability, or it could cause long-term political chaos. The minority center-left Socialist Party (PS) has been able to govern remarkably well since 2015, but the surprisingly durable alliance with the far-left has been finally shattered. […]
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10 November 2021
Portuguese peacekeepers, deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR) on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions, allegedly used military cargo planes to smuggle gold, diamonds and drugs, into Europe. Ten suspects have been arrested, after more than 300 officers raided nearly 100 homes across the country to collect evidence in Lisbon, Bragança, Porto de Mós, Entroncamento, […]
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05 November 2021
Portuguese lawmakers voted today in favor of a revised bill to legalize euthanasia and medical assisted suicide, through lethal drugs, to the terminally ill and seriously injured patients. The bill, approved in a 138-84 vote with five abstentions, was sponsored by the ruling Socialist Party with the support of the left-leaning smaller liberal, political factions. […]
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04 November 2021
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, announced today that he has dissolved Parliament and called for general elections to be held on January 30, after a lawmaker’s majority rejected the government’s 2022 budget bill last week. The rejection of the bill takes place after six years of a Socialist administration by Prime Minister […]
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01 November 2021
By Len Port The success or failure of the COP26 climate summit may depend largely on reaching agreement on the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, a process Portugal is making considerable progress on while major polluting countries are lagging far behind. The broadcaster France 24 has produced a series of special reports to coincide […]
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01 November 2021
The movie The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020) [A Metamorfose dos Pássaros], by Portuguese film producer and director Catarina Vasconcelos, will represent Portugal at the Oscars 2022, competing for the Best International Film award, the Portuguese Academy of Cinema announced. Vasconcelos’ film was world premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, where it […]
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