António José Seguro was today sworn in as President of the Republic during a formal ceremony at the Assembly of the Republic beginning at 10:00, where he took the oath of office on the Constitution.
A meeting of the Social Concertation council ended this Monday, 9th March, without an agreement between the government, employers’ organisations and the UGT trade union over proposed changes to labour law. The outcome was confirmed to national newspaper Jornal de Notícias by Francisco Calheiros, president of the Portuguese Tourism Confederation. No further meetings are scheduled.
Former nurse Mariana Fonseca, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for the 2020 killing of an IT technician in the Algarve, has been captured by Interpol in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, after several years on the run.
Portugal and Spain will develop public warning systems focused on cross-border areas for risk scenarios such as flooding or dam failures, the two governments announced on Friday, 6th March.
The two children of funicular tram operator André Marques, who died in the tragic Elevador da Glória accident in Lisbon last year, will each receive only a €160 per month payout until they complete secondary education, public transport operator Carris revealed this week.
A man wanted in the United States on suspicion of fraud has been arrested at Faro Airport. The detention followed the execution of an international warrant linked to an alleged scheme that is believed to have generated millions of euros.
The Minister for the Environment has described intervention on the Algarve’s crumbling cliffs as “incredibly urgent”, insisting that coastal safety is amongst the Government’s top priorities.
Portugal’s Supreme Court has rejected a habeas corpus application lodged by the lawyer of João Lopes, a former police officer expelled from the National Republican Guard (GNR), who is currently serving a prison sentence for assaulting immigrants in Odemira, Alentejo.
