Tomás Vasconcelos
Politics
Follows Portuguese and international politics, facts ahead of factions.
- Portugal has just raised its no-tender ceiling for public works fivefold. The new rules start on 1 October
- Portugal's 2027 budget already has €4.78 billion spent before it is written
- What does it take to bring down a Portuguese government? 116 votes
- Guinea-Bissau backed a new constitution with 70%. Its capital was the only region that said no
- Portugal's criminal courts start capping witness lists at 20 today
- Left Bloc wants the state bank to hold mortgage payments flat for a year (and double the AIMI)
- Chega will table a censure motion on Tuesday if Luís Neves stays as interior minister
- Portugal is rewriting two civil-registry careers, with back pay to July 2025
- Portugal has finally named the regulators for your EU passenger rights on trains, coaches and ferries
- Figueira da Foz has finished the courtroom. Nobody has set the opening date
- Portugal's president wants more state money for the interior and the border (and more trust in town halls)
- Portugal's new criminal-policy law takes effect on 1 September, with a prosecution team built only for forest fires
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