Sify (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates on Thursday named a new government, which included most of the key ministers from his previous cabinet, his administration said in a statement.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Lisbon - Portuguese analysts were Friday skeptical about the chances of Socialist Prime Minister-elect Jose Socrates to serve a full term after he announced that he would head a minority government. Socrates made the announcement late Thursday after ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Lisbon - Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates will attempt to rule through a minority government, he announced late Thursday after coalition talks collapsed. He accused the entire opposition of refusing to engage in dialogue without preconditions...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Lisbon - Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva Monday designated Socialist leader Jose Socrates as prime minister following his victory in the September 27 parliamentary elections, while Socrates' party reinforced its position in Sunday's local el...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Lisbon - Controversy was raging in Portugal on Wednesday over a spying scandal after President Anibal Cavaco Silva broke his silence about it. Jose Socrates, who is expected to get a second term as prime minister after winning Sunday's elections, sai...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Open hostilities break out between Portugal's conservative president and the governing Socialist party, raising political tensions as José Sócrates, the prime minister, tries to form a new government
People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
President of the European Commission (EC) Jose Manuel Durao Barroso sent on Tuesday a congratulatory message to Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates for his reelection. Barroso, who was Portuguese prime minister before taking charge in the EC, traveled on Sunday to Portugal to vote in the elections. Barroso said on Tuesday that despite being from the Social-Democratic Party, the Portuguese opposition...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Lisbon - Portugal on Tuesday looked increasingly likely to get a minority government after Socialist Prime Minister-elect Jose Socrates lost his absolute majority in Sunday's elections. President Anibal Cavaco Silva was expected to task Socrates with...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
The country's business leaders call on José Sócrates, the prime minister, to rule out an alliance with the radical left after his centre-left Socialists lost their overall majority in Sunday's general election
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Lisbon - Portuguese analysts on Monday warned about political instability as Prime Minister-elect Jose Socrates was preparing to form his second government after winning Sunday's parliamentary elections. Socrates' Socialists took a clear victory, but...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Portugal's governing Socialist Party has been re-elected, but has lost its overall majority. Final results from Sunday's general election gave PM Jose Socrates 36% of the vote, seven points ahead of the centre-right Social Democrats. The election campaign was dominated by disagreements over how to deal with Portugal's economic crisis. ...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Portugal's center-left Socialist Party led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates has won parliamentary elections and will stay in power for another four years
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
José Sócrates, Portugal's Socialist prime minister, was re-elected to a second term in the country's general election yesterday, but his centre-left party lost...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Lisbon - Portugal's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates renewed his mandate with a clear victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, but remained short of an absolute majority with nearly all the votes counted. Conservative leader Manuela Ferreir...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Lisbon - Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates renewed his mandate as expected in Sunday elections, but lost his absolute majority in a result that sparked fears of instability in the country grappling with a major econ...
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