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The university decided not to appeal the court ruling that ordered new elections, after a candidate contested their exclusion and was disqualified for not being a full professor.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa will hold a new election for rector after deciding not to appeal a court ruling that declared the previous exclusion of candidate Pedro Maló illegal. The court found that the university's internal regulations and the Legal Regime for Higher Education Institutions do not require candidates to hold the title of full professor. The university stated it will soon announce the calendar and procedures for the new election process.
The decision comes after six plaintiffs filed a civil lawsuit and one day after the Public Prosecutor's Office archived the criminal complaints. The Court of Appeal is categorical: 'It is evident that the message “Roma people must obey the law” is discriminatory.'
Although the Chega leader justified the appeal citing the “right to freedom of political expression”, the court stated there was a “discriminatory message regarding all people of an ethnic group”.
The Lisbon Court of Appeal has upheld a civil court order requiring the removal of campaign posters by André Ventura that targeted the Roma community. The court ruled that the message “Roma must follow the law” is inherently discriminatory and not protected by political freedom of speech. The ruling cites European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence to argue that political discourse loses protection when it attacks ethnic groups. This decision contrasts sharply with a recent Public Prosecutor's ruling that archived criminal complaints regarding the same posters, a move lawyer Garcia Pereira described as being written as if by someone from the Chega party.
The court upheld the decision not to hear the appeal he had filed.
In a ruling voted unanimously by the plenary of Constitutional Court judges, it was decided that the Prime Minister's appeal would not be heard because it was filed after the deadline.
The election for the rector of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) must be repeated. The Administrative Court decided that the candidacy of Professor Pedro Maló must be admitted, despite him not being a full professor or coordinating researcher as required by the statutes, forcing the institution to repeat 'all acts of the electoral procedure', starting from the publication of the...
Sporting manager, Rui Borges, says the team lacked attitude and physical readiness. Additionally, the Public Prosecutor's Office has archived the complaint against Chega posters regarding Bangladesh and the Roma community.
The Public Prosecution Service (Ministério Público) has archived an investigation into campaign posters by Chega leader André Ventura that targeted the Roma community and immigrants. Prosecutor Carlos Rodrigues concluded that while the messages might be subject to civil or administrative penalties, they do not constitute a crime of incitement to hatred under the Penal Code. The decision emphasizes that the posters are protected by political freedom of expression.
André Ventura, born January 15, 1983, is a lawyer, academic, and Portugal's most prominent far-right leader. He founded Chega ("Enough") in 2019 after his PSD mayoral campaign attacked the Romani community. Chega surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest party and making Ventura Leader of the Opposition.
His platform emphasizes immigration restrictions, law-and-order policies, constitutional reform, and contains inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric that has triggered multiple discrimination convictions and investigations. Politically classified as far-right by international media, Ventura cultivates alliances with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen and Santiago Abascal.
He announced his 2026 presidential candidacy, polling at 18% alongside independent Admiral Gouveia e Melo. His rise ended Portugal's 50-year resistance to far-right parties.
Chega ("Enough") is a Portuguese far-right populist party founded in 2019 by André Ventura. It positions itself as an anti-establishment movement against what it calls a "rotten and corrupt system" of PS-PSD dominance. The party surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest force with 60 seats. Chega's core platform emphasizes strict immigration control—ending automatic CPLP residency, deporting non-independent immigrants, implementing job-market quotas, and requiring five-year social security contributions before benefit access. It advocates radical constitutional reform, including reducing parliament to 100 members, abolishing the prime minister position for a presidential system, and dismantling public healthcare. Law-and-order policies include life imprisonment and chemical castration proposals.
The party is defined by inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric, with Ventura convicted multiple times for discrimination. Chega maintains international alignments with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen, Santiago Abascal, and Matteo Salvini. Mainstream Portuguese parties, including Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's government, have imposed a cordon sanitaire, refusing coalition with Chega despite its parliamentary strength.
The Aveiro Court increased the couple's sentence: the charges were upgraded from negligence to intentional homicide. Compensation for the victims' families has risen to 250,000 euros.
Flixbus filed a lawsuit in November requesting the immediate granting of access to the Sete Rios Terminal, with the Lisbon Administrative Court ruling in favour of the company.
The Lisbon Administrative Circle Court ruled in favour of FlixBus in the lawsuit filed against Rede Nacional de Expressos (RNE), ordering the immediate granting of access to the Sete Rios Bus Terminal, according to the decision. FlixBus initiated the action in November, requesting immediate access to the terminal.
