
April returns to Portugal
Massive social unrest is leading to protest marches in the country

Massive social unrest is leading to protest marches in the country

Passos Coelho regrets top court ruling against legality of axing workers’ benefits Conservative against raising taxes further

Austerity overload brings record numbers of people onto the streets in Lisbon and Oporto
Government to seek another year to meet its deficit-reduction commitments

Local mayor says accident-hit section of road had been undergoing construction work

Duke Duarte Pío, the 67-year-old pretender to the Portuguese throne, says his lack of an official role doesn't frustrate him

A new movie sheds light on the 1965 assassination of Portuguese dissident Humberto Delgado by dictator António de Salazar's secret police in Spain
Move comes in response to request from troika, says prime minister
Portuguese government to unveil massive tax hikes after electoral setback for Passos Coelho in Azores

Passos Coelho government studying other measures to meet deficit-reduction target Brussels will wait for Lisbon to come up with new plan
Government committed to seeking alternatives to social security hike which brought huge numbers out onto streets

The government's austerity measures will continue for at least another two years, threatening the fragile gains of the last three decades
Only emergency and life-saving procedures carried out as medics protest part-privatization of sector

Unemployment meant Lisbon man had no excuses not to pursue his dream

Street artists and the city government have teamed up to turn the Portuguese capital into a hotspot for lovers of spray can art
Military men joined by former president in snub to Passos Coelho’s conservative government

An American expat has come up with a scheme to stop food from going to waste

Middle class and poor suffer effects of government determination not to default