Press Review – Portugal coalition partner calls for new govt reshuffle
Over the weekend Expresso «Portugal doesn’t need troika money until September», wrote weekly newspaper Expresso on Saturday, as the country reportedly has a substantial liquidity buffer to last it...
View ArticlePress Review – Troika calls for Socialist support to cut state expenditure
Público «Over 1,400 butchers undergoing food inspection», reveals Público, as the secretary of state for food is going to create a platform for food safety, with Nuno e Brito admitting that over-strict...
View ArticlePress Review – Troika presses Socialists and govt for political consensus
Público «Renegociation with troika calls for dialogue between Passos and Seguro», reveals Público, as Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has called the leader of the Socialist Party, António José...
View ArticlePress Review – All public sector remunerations to be revised
Visão «Former BPN owners deal with our health», is the lead story in this week’s Visão, as Galilei, the new name of Sociedade Lusa de Negócios, former owners of bailed-out BPN bank, has already charged...
View ArticlePress Review – Health sector to see 25% of cuts to state expenditure
Sol «Government blocked», reveals Sol, after Minister for Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas halted measures that Prime Minister Passos Coelho wanted to announce now and delays the reform of the state,...
View ArticlePress Review – Risk financing in Porto Metro leads to govt reshuffle
Over the weekend Expresso «Portas wants to oversee economic areas», wrote weekly Expresso on Saturday, as Minister for Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas wants to oversee the Ministry of the Economy as well...
View ArticlePress review – Govt faces scandal over transport companies toxic swaps
Público «Toxic swaps made interest rates of state-owned companies rise 20%», reveals Público, as the Attorney General’s Office has launched a probe into cases of financial speculation involving several...
View ArticlePress Review – Portugal 1st Q deficit below limit agreed with troika
Público «State-run water and petrol companies also involved in toxic contracts», reveals Público, as the Attorney General’s Office is investigating irregularities in investments carried out by public...
View ArticlePress Review – Portuguese President marks Carnation revolution
Sol «Swaps lead to more victims», reveals Sol, after it emerged earlier this week that high-risk hedge contracts agreed by public companies, including Porto Metro, the Lisbon Metro, Refer and the...
View ArticlePress Review – Santander and JP Morgan swaps’ negotiations continue
Over the weekend Expresso «The president’s voice was captured by the government», wrote weekly Expresso on Saturday, as in an exclusive interview Socialist leader António José Seguro accused President...
View ArticlePress review – 60% of installments in new credits is interest
Público «Health sector spent €58m less on non-urgent patient transport», reveals Público, as the National Health Service reduced its expenses by 39% since 2010, above the requirements imposed by the...
View ArticlePress Review – Government to raise retirement age
Visão «CAT scans, mammograms, ultrasounds and MRIs: Exams under suspicion», is the lead story in this week’s Visão, as medical imaging services in Portugal are in “chaos”, with growing waiting lists in...
View ArticlePress Review – Prime minister announces new spending cuts tonight
Sol «Cuts behind closed doors», writes weekly Sol, as Prime Minister Passos Coelho, Minister of Finance Vítor Gaspar, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas and Deputy Secretary of State of...
View ArticlePress Review – 50,000 at risk of leaving public sector in 18 months
Over the weekend Expresso «50,000 at risk of leaving public sector in 18 months», wrote weekly Expresso on Saturday, as Prime Minister Passos Coelho announced on Friday a series of new measures to...
View ArticlePress review – PSD figures strengthen case against tax on pensions
Público «PSD figures support Paulo Portas in criticising tax on pensions», reveals Público, as leading figures in the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) have slammed a new proposal put forward by the...
View ArticlePress Review – Minister of finance “transformed” in Brussels
Público «CDS getting closer to UGT and greets end to new tax on pensions», reveals Público, as coalition junior partner CDS-PP seems to be converging with trade union confederation UGT, on the issue of...
View ArticlePress review – Changes in public service risk unconstitutionality
Visão «War behind closed doors», is the lead story in Visão, as the weekly newsmagazine reports on how Prime Minister Passos Coelhos and Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas are still...
View ArticlePress Review – Inactivity at highest rate since 1998
Sol «PSD irritates Passos», writes Sol, as Prime Minister Passos Coelho was strongly criticised by the Social Democrats (PSD) during a dinner at the party’s headquarters on Thursday. The weekly...
View ArticlePress Review – OECD sounds warning on state reform
Over the weekend Expresso «OECD sounds warning on drastic reduction of the state», wrote weekly Expresso on Saturday, as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a...
View ArticlePress Review – President mediates between coalition partners, avoids...
Público «Brussels: Euro countries “convinced” period of uncertainty in Portugal is over», reveals Público, as eurozone finance ministers concluded the seventh quarterly assessment of Portugal’s...
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