02 February 2012
The Portuguese parliament will introduce on February 24 a bill allowing gay couples to adopt children. Debate on the bill has yet to be scheduled. The 2010 law permitting same-sex marriages in Portugal gives gay couples the same rights as married heterosexual couples, including taxes, inheritance and housing, but does not offer the right to adopt children. […]
02 February 2012
Portuguese workers will lose two civil and two religious holidays as part of the austerity measures aimed to making the economy more competitive, Economy and Labor Minister Álvaro Santos Pereira announced Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Santos Pereira declined to specify whether the cuts would take effect this year, after they are put to parliamentary vote. […]
01 February 2012
The Portuguese Federation of Transportation and Communication Unions (FECTRANS) has announced a number of strikes and slowdowns nationwide scheduled for Thursday, February 2. Various public transportation companies will go on a 24-hour strike, namely the Lisbon Metro’s workers and Lisbon Buses’ workers, Lisbon Ferry operations on the Tagus river workers, and the Portuguese trains and […]
30 January 2012
Portugal must consider a second bailout right away, wrote Monday the British newspaper Financial Times joining the growing number of voices claiming the Portuguese debt is unsustainable. According to the FT, Portugal needs a new financial rescue package and it would be better to “act quickly” and ask for it now, “and scotch any fears […]
30 January 2012
At least 41 Portuguese athletes have achieved qualifying standards to compete at the London 2012 Olympics Games, officially known as the “Games of the XXX Olympiad,” scheduled for July 27 through August 12. However, over the next six months, the number could double. According to Mário Santos, head of the Portuguese Olympic Mission, a total […]
29 January 2012
The Portuguese government opted to end with the two public holidays of October 5th and December 1st in order to ensure numerical symmetry with the cut in religious holidays. “For the Church, it was highly important to ensure symmetry (…) and we agreed with the proposal,” said Álvaro Santos Pereira, the Economy Minister, adding that […]
