The center-right Social Democrat-led Democratic Alliance won 79 seats in the 230-seat National Assembly. The center-left Socialist Party, in power the past eight years, got 77 seats
In a country whose population is normally less polarized than in other parts of the EU, the elections scheduled for March 10, in which the Portuguese will have to decide between two opposing blocs, will be tough
The new election, Rebelo de Sousa said, would be on March 10. António Costa will stay on as the country’s caretaker prime minister until then
The prime minister ignored the alarms about the business dealings of Diogo Lacerda Machado, his best man at his wedding, who was recruited by companies to take advantage of his political influence
The Portuguese prime minister had kept his international reputation intact despite the scandals that plagued his government in recent years
The announcement came hours after police arrested his chief of staff while raiding several public buildings and other properties as part of the probe
Founded by Mário Soares in 1973, the party is the backbone of Portugal’s democracy – but celebrates half a century of existence in the midst of political turmoil
Police ordered him to surrender but he advanced toward them and was ‘neutralized,’ police said