The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, dissolved the Portuguese parliament on Monday (15) with immediate effect, and it will operate through a standing committee of 45 deputies whenever necessary. The Portuguese Assembly of the Republic will maintain this "minimum services" structure until the new deputies take office. Portugal will hold...
Russia discusses annexation of Portugal, "despite its insignificance"
For some time now, public debate in Russia has revolved around the possible annexation of Portugal. This is a plan for the future that should be a priority before Moscow turns its attention to the United States of America.' The idea initially involves...
China and Portugal have more than 20% of Mozambique's external public debt
A report on public debt by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) indicates that at the end of the first half of the year Mozambique had a total stock of externally contracted public debt of over 10,215 million dollars, a reduction of 2.9% compared to the first quarter. Of this total, reports Lusa citing the same report...
Mozambique and Portugal exchange experiences on taxation
Staff from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and its Portuguese counterpart recently exchanged experiences on taxation. According to a note from the MEF, the delegation prioritized the analytical work needed to define a coherent tax policy in the medium term. "The discussions focused on inter-institutional coordination, within the framework of...
Portugal and Mozambique admit need to "do more" to "combat illegal networks" of labor
The Portuguese and Mozambican governments recognized on Monday, in Lisbon, the need to make efforts to guarantee the "full rights" of workers from both countries and to "do more" to "combat illegal networks or situations of vulnerability". Speaking as part of the signing of a bilateral memorandum on worker mobility, signed yesterday in...
Mozambique and Portugal plan to facilitate emigration of Mozambican workers
The Mozambican and Portuguese governments will sign a memorandum of understanding in Portugal this week to facilitate the movement of Mozambican citizens to work in Portugal. The agreement, according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, will be signed during the working visit of the Mozambican minister, Margarida Adamugi Talapa, to Portugal on...
Portugal defends conversion of CPLP member states' debt to support environmental transition
Portugal's government says it is willing to convert member states' debt into support for the environmental transition, as is the case with Cape Verde, the Portuguese Prime Minister said this Sunday at the summit of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). In his speech during the restricted session of the 14th conference of the Portuguese-speaking organization, which...
Who leads the poll for the 2026 presidential election in Portugal?
If the presidential elections were to take place now in Portugal, António Guterres and António Costa could be ahead in the race. At least that's the conclusion of an Intercampus poll for Negócios, Correio da Manhã and CMTV, which places the two socialists in the top positions among the ranking of possible presidential candidates....
Immigrants in Portugal to rise to nearly 800,000 by 2022
The foreign resident population in Portugal increased in 2022 for the seventh consecutive year, totaling 781,915 citizens, with the Brazilian community remaining the most representative and the one that grew the most. "In 2022 there was an increase in the foreign resident population for the seventh consecutive year, with an increase of 11.9% compared to 2021, totaling 781,915 foreign citizens...
Mozambicans denounce labor exploitation and a deplorable life in Portugal. "They tell them to wash the pigs"
Mozambican citizens living in Portugal are denouncing the exploitation and overvaluation of their labor in companies and homes in the country. The cases are diverse, reported in Coimbra, Porto and Funchal. They even go to the farms to wash pigs. The young people are lured with promises of good salaries, mostly for building and construction work,...