Latest news and stories about political interference in Portugal for expats and residents.
“There is a serious risk of political interference in the Lusa agency and we want this process to be reversed,” says the Journalists' Union regarding the revision of the entity's statutes.
The new statutes, published on January 28, require the Information Directorate to answer to political power — violating, says the SJ, the Constitution and European law.
The workers' union considers that the measures the Government intends to implement “call into question constitutional principles of freedom of information.”
The Journalists' Union (SJ) filed a complaint with the Ombudsman this Monday against the Government, arguing that Lusa's new statutes 'undermine constitutional principles of freedom of information'. The Journalists' Union (SJ) presented a complaint today to the Ombudsman against the Government regarding the new statutes of...
The article reports on a protest by workers at Lusa, Portugal's national news agency, who are demonstrating against perceived political interference. Despite their concerns, the government has refused to make concessions. The workers fear that political meddling could compromise journalistic independence and the agency's credibility. The protest highlights ongoing tensions between media independence and political influence in Portugal.
The secretary-general of the PS, José Luís Carneiro, today expressed his condemnation of recent reports of dismissals of hospital administrations, accusing the Government of acting for reasons “strictly of a political nature”.
