Speaking in the Algarve this Monday, 5th January, Chega presidential candidate André Ventura accused Luís Montenegro of wanting a “puppet” in the presidential palace, and of being ‘afraid’ of his candidacy.
On Saturday night, dozens of shots were fired at the façade of a house in Silves, in the Algarve. The gunmen have not yet been identified, and investigators suspect that a military-grade weapon may have been used.
Presidential candidate Henrique Gouveia e Melo has criticised Prime Minister Luís Montenegro for seeking to influence voters’ choices, arguing that the future head of state must remain independent.
Faro Airport is set to end the year with its strongest performance ever, surpassing the 10 million passenger mark for the first time, a milestone that represents growth of 6% compared with last year.
The President of the Republic has vetoed the recently proposed batch of nationality law decrees, following rulings by the Constitutional Court that found parts of the legislation unconstitutional, and returned them to parliament.
Inspectors from Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) presented their work at Beja Court yesterday, 17 December, describing how they had carried out surveillance of migrant workers’ movements as part of ‘Operation Espelho’, and conducted a search of a workers’ house in Serpa that they said was unfit for habitation.
The Minister of National Defence and the president of the Brazilian company Embraer yesterday signed a letter of intent for the opening of a Super Tucano aircraft factory in Beja, during a ceremony marking the delivery of the first five aircraft.
The Government approved this Wednesday, 17 December, a €50 increase in the national minimum wage for 2026, raising it from €870 to €920 gross, the Minister of the Presidency announced after a Cabinet meeting.
