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Journalists from the Lusa news agency staged a national strike and protest at the Assembly of the Republic to oppose new company statutes, sparking a parliamentary debate over government influence and media independence.
RTP employees have voted to strike and withdrawn confidence in the Board of Directors following a rejected salary increase proposal and proposed cuts to benefits.
Rui Gomes da Silva (CH) says that the privatisation of RTP is inevitable. Duarte Pacheco (PSD) stresses that the State should not be an owner. And Miguel Cabrita (PS) highlights the stabilising role of RTP.
Portugal’s right-wing Chega party plans to submit a proposal to privatise state broadcaster RTP when Parliament reconvenes after the summer break, according to reports by Portuguese weekly SOL. The proposal The post Chega to propose RTP privatisation, citing ‘unsustainable’ costs appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The political party Chega intends to submit a formal proposal for the privatisation of the Portuguese public broadcaster, RTP.
Leitão Amaro justifies the measure citing damage to transmission equipment and the risk of deepening 'information deserts' in already vulnerable regions.
Among the examples are false contents claiming that presenter Manuel Luís Goucha had appealed for votes against socialism in the second round of the elections.
Lusa is out of service, some radio stations are facing constraints in their news services, and there is less news coverage on various websites. In print, Público has already admitted that it will reach newsstands thinner on Thursday. In general terms, this is the impact of this Wednesday's general strike on the media sector. The stoppage is affecting...
It has a duration of three years and will cost the State 3 million euros. The priority is to have a “free and accessible press”.
According to the Minister of the Presidency, the distribution of newspapers in the interior has become more expensive. Therefore, support launched by the Government aims to guarantee access to the press for 96 municipalities.
The tender will have an annual value of one million and will be divided into two lots: one for the North and Centre and another for Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, Alentejo and the Algarve. The support aims to prevent “news deserts”.
The Government will launch an international public tender worth three million euros on Tuesday to ensure the daily distribution of printed newspapers in low-density territories over the next three years, a government source told Lusa. The tender, provided for in the Action Plan for Social Communication, will have an annual value of...
Luís Montenegro's executive wants the press to reach Portuguese municipalities with low population density.
The President of the Republic, António José Seguro, argued this Wednesday that journalism is facing its greatest “pressure” in decades, warning of the impact of social media and artificial intelligence on the sustainability of media outlets and the quality of democracy. “The media is a pillar of democracy. Without free journalism there is no...
The Minister of the Presidency expressed his conviction that the new statutes of the Lusa agency are “much more protective of independence and freedom” than the previous ones and guaranteed that they were the result of a participatory process. “Nobody, and I have heard this, wants to return to the statutes we had six months ago. Nobody. Because nobody wants to return...
Gaza in prime time on RTP 1 and the victims of the Portuguese storms hidden on RTP 2; or masturbation explained to children. This is how public TV serves the agendas of some.
The public company's expenses for its governing bodies reached their highest value in the last six years in 2025, amounting to 422 thousand euros.
A report indicates that the number of periodical publications in Portugal has decreased by 1,204 over the last two decades.
A report aired on the 'Telejornal' included criticism from a member of the public directed at the Executive. An hour later, the same report was broadcast on RTP Notícias with the statement removed.
Medialivre's NOW channel is hosting the 2nd edition of 'The Lisbon Conference' on June 16th, an international conference curated by Durão Barroso, former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Portugal.
On the same day that the Parliament's leaders' conference scheduled the election of members to the RTP Opinion Council for May 8th, the public broadcaster's negative results were made public.
The leaders' conference scheduled the debate for 20 May on a PS bill to change the corporate model of the Lusa agency, which includes the creation of an Independent General Council (CGI).
The PS bill to amend Lusa's statutes, which is inspired by the model currently in force at RTP, was publicly presented on 4 April.
“Acasos Objetivos” is Carlos Magno's weekly segment on CNN Portugal's Prime Time.
The Portuguese Parliament has approved the appointment of Chega party members to the RTP Opinion Council.
The Mayor of Lisbon will analyse the national political situation in an author-led programme during prime time, which is expected to premiere later this month.
The lack of financial sustainability of the public media service dominated the hearing of the 10 candidates for members of the RTP Opinion Council (CO) held on Tuesday in parliament, on the eve of the election of the Assembly of the Republic's external bodies. During the hearing of the Committee on Culture, Communication, Youth and Sport of the candidates, João...
An Irish company's programme uses artificial intelligence to respond to communication crises and allows for the ranking of individual journalists.
The rebranding process of the public broadcaster is generating controversy.
