Topic: Anibal Cavaco Silva

The Portuguese President's Sad Complaints About His Insufficient Pension Has A Nation Offering Him Charity

Business Insider - 18 days ago
This post originally appeared at GlobalPost BRUSSELS, Belgium - Portugal's protesting pensioners were determined that the president won't go...

Portugal president's gaffe brings calls to quit

Daily News, Halifax - 18 days ago
More than 14,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Portugal's president to resign after he complained about a drop in his income due...

Portugal president asks PM-elect to form government urgently

Reuters US Online Report World News - 251 days ago
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva asked prime minister-elect Pedro Passos Coelho on Monday to urgently start the process to form a majority government.Passos Coelho met with the president after leading his center-right Social Democrats to victory in Sunday's ...

Portuguese president appeals for interim debt deal

AFP Global Edition - 309 days ago
Portugal's president pleaded for mercy from the EU and IMF Saturday after they set tough conditions for an 80-billion-euro ($115 billion) bailout weeks ahead of snap general elections.Anibal Cavaco Silva said that with new elections due on June 5 "what ...

Portugal sets general election for June 5

AFP Global Edition - 318 days ago
Portugal will hold early general elections on June 5, after the struggling eurozone member hit a political impasse over austerity measures, President Anibal Cavaco Silva announced."I have decided today to accept the resignation which was handed to me by the prime ...

Portugal's borrowing costs soar over bailout fears

AFP Global Edition - 318 days ago
Portugal's borrowing costs hit record highs on Thursday after it missed key targets on balancing its strained public finances, stoking fears an international debt rescue may be the only way out.Official figures showed the country's public deficit stood at ...

Portuguese president meets parties on crisis

Reuters US Online Report Business News - 324 days ago
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's president started to consult leaders of political parties on Friday as he weighs whether to call a snap election after the Socialist prime minister resigned.The crisis could force Portugal to request a bailout from the European Union ...

Portuguese opposition against austerity plan

AFP Global Edition - 332 days ago
Portugal's main opposition party Thursday slammed new austerity measures announced by the minority government, causing a political impasse in the debt-ridden nation as it seeks to avoid an international bailout.The new austerity measures announced by the government are "extremely socially ...

Portugal's Cavaco Silva re-elected president

AFP Global Edition - 385 days ago
Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva vowed to slash unemployment and foreign debt as he was was re-elected in the first round on a record low turnout, largely blamed on the country's economic woes.Cavaco Silva, 71, an economist and member ...

President of crisis-hit Portugal re-elected

Reuters US Online Report World News - 385 days ago
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva won a second term in an election on Sunday, television exit polls showed, a result that should ensure short-term political stability as the government fights to avoid an international financial bailout.The country's leading ...