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The Revision Portugal has submitted a formal request to the European Commission to reallocate EUR 516 million within its Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), dropping projects that cannot be completed by the
A Full-Day Walkout Portugal's largest trade union confederation, the CGTP-IN, has called a national strike and mass demonstration for April 17 — a full-day walkout running from midnight to midnight — in what is shaping up to be the most significant...
Portugal's parliament voted on Thursday to strip two controversial restrictions from the social mobility subsidy that helps residents of the Azores and Madeira afford flights to the mainland — leaving the governing PSD isolated in opposition to a...
Former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho wants to return to the leadership of Portugal and has "a project for the country," according to Fernando Negrão, the former PSD parliamentary leader and ex-Justice Minister, speaking on Rádio Renascença's...
Portugal, Spain, and Morocco signed a judicial cooperation memorandum in Rabat, creating rapid-response protocols, on-call judges, and intelligence-sharing mechanisms for the 2030 FIFA World Cup — the first tournament to span Africa and Europe.
Portugal's UGT , the country's second-largest and traditionally more moderate trade union confederation, voted unanimously on Wednesday to reject the government's sweeping Trabalho XXI labour reform package — dealing a significant blow to Prime...
Parliament doubled the residency requirement for citizenship to 10 years on April 1. The decree now sits with President Seguro, who can sign it, veto it, or send it to the Constitutional Court.
