Portugal Government

On Friday, Portuguese finance minister Fernando Medina said that the government plans to bring in legislation on the matter

Government is bound by assurance given by then deputy Prime Minister L K Advani to Portugal government that maximum sentence handed out to gangster Abu Salem will not exceed 25 years, Union home secretary told Supreme Court.

The government passed new labour laws that ban bosses from messaging staff after work hours.

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's consultative body, the Council of State, approved on Wednesday his proposal to dissolve parliament after lawmakers rejected the government's 2022 budget bill last week, paving the way for a snap electio

PM Narendra Modi is unlikely to attend in person the annual India-EU summit in Portugal next month in the wake of a raging Covid-19 crisis at home. He may also avoid the scheduled bilateral visit to France in May, government sources have said.

Ryanair said on Wednesday it had fired six cabin crew who took a photograph of themselves simulating having to sleep on the floor in Spain's Malaga airport as part of a protest over conditions. The low-cost carrier said the staff were dismissed for staging "a fake photograph to support a false claim (widely reported in international media outlets) ...

Raging forest fires in Portugal have killed at least 62 people, most of whom burnt to death in their cars, the government said Sunday, in one of the worst such disasters in recent history.The fire broke out on Saturday in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande in central Portugal, before spreading fast across several fronts.

Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 57 people, most of whom burnt to death in their cars, and injured scores of others, the government said today.

A huge forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 43 people and injured 16 others, most of them burning to death in their cars, the government said today.

At the 14th Pravasi Bharati Divas -- said to be the largest gathering of Indians living abroad -- at India's IT hub Bengaluru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked the disapora for supporting the government's move against black money. This year, the focus of the meet is on the role of youth in transforming society. Portugal Prime Minister Ant...

Portugal's Socialist government will introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks in 2017 which is expected to raise 80 million euros ($88 million) for the nation's public health service, a budget bill presented Friday showed.

Thousands of Portuguese cab drivers blocked access to Lisbon international airport on Monday to protest government plans to regulate alternative ride-hailing services like Uber, and vowed to maintain their blockade until their demands are met.

Luis Figo felt he did not have a chance of winning the FIFA presidential race but wishes new boss Gianni Infantino of the world football governing body the best for the future.

UEFA, European football's governing body, and the French government insisted that the Euro 2016 will go ahead and there will be no games behind closed doors.

Leftwing parties looked set to oust Portugal's minority centre-right government today in a parliamentary vote, part of a drive to set up their own Socialist-led administration they hope will put an end to years of harsh austerity.

On Friday, Portuguese finance minister Fernando Medina said that the government plans to bring in legislation on the matter

Government is bound by assurance given by then deputy Prime Minister L K Advani to Portugal government that maximum sentence handed out to gangster Abu Salem will not exceed 25 years, Union home secretary told Supreme Court.

The government passed new labour laws that ban bosses from messaging staff after work hours.

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's consultative body, the Council of State, approved on Wednesday his proposal to dissolve parliament after lawmakers rejected the government's 2022 budget bill last week, paving the way for a snap electio

PM Narendra Modi is unlikely to attend in person the annual India-EU summit in Portugal next month in the wake of a raging Covid-19 crisis at home. He may also avoid the scheduled bilateral visit to France in May, government sources have said.

Ryanair said on Wednesday it had fired six cabin crew who took a photograph of themselves simulating having to sleep on the floor in Spain's Malaga airport as part of a protest over conditions. The low-cost carrier said the staff were dismissed for staging "a fake photograph to support a false claim (widely reported in international media outlets) ...

Raging forest fires in Portugal have killed at least 62 people, most of whom burnt to death in their cars, the government said Sunday, in one of the worst such disasters in recent history.The fire broke out on Saturday in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande in central Portugal, before spreading fast across several fronts.

Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 57 people, most of whom burnt to death in their cars, and injured scores of others, the government said today.

A huge forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 43 people and injured 16 others, most of them burning to death in their cars, the government said today.

At the 14th Pravasi Bharati Divas -- said to be the largest gathering of Indians living abroad -- at India's IT hub Bengaluru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked the disapora for supporting the government's move against black money. This year, the focus of the meet is on the role of youth in transforming society. Portugal Prime Minister Ant...

Portugal's Socialist government will introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks in 2017 which is expected to raise 80 million euros ($88 million) for the nation's public health service, a budget bill presented Friday showed.

Thousands of Portuguese cab drivers blocked access to Lisbon international airport on Monday to protest government plans to regulate alternative ride-hailing services like Uber, and vowed to maintain their blockade until their demands are met.

Luis Figo felt he did not have a chance of winning the FIFA presidential race but wishes new boss Gianni Infantino of the world football governing body the best for the future.

UEFA, European football's governing body, and the French government insisted that the Euro 2016 will go ahead and there will be no games behind closed doors.

Leftwing parties looked set to oust Portugal's minority centre-right government today in a parliamentary vote, part of a drive to set up their own Socialist-led administration they hope will put an end to years of harsh austerity.