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...She said the contenders included finance minister Fernando Medina; Mariana Vieira da Silva, number two in the Costa government; Pedro Nuno Santos, a former infrastructure minister; and José Luís Carneiro...
...Additional reporting by Carmen Muela in Madrid and Sérgio Aníbal in Lisbon...
...Aníbal Cavaco Silva, once Portugal’s prime minister and president and a local, concurs and often brings his family down for a swim or to share in a birthday celebration....
...Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the conservative president, urged Mr Costa to ensure government stability by supporting a minority centre-right administration in return for policy concessions....
...President Anibal Cavaco Silva asked him to reconstitute his government....
...President Aníbal Cavaco Silva said on Monday he had charged António Costa, the centre-left Socialist party (PS) leader, with the task of producing “a stable, lasting and credible government solution”....
...The critical role of the president was highlighted in the wake of that election when Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the outgoing head of state, resisted swearing in Mr Costa until he provided guarantees that his government...
...President Aníbal Cavaco Silva announced the appointment on Tuesday after meeting Mr Costa for a second time in two days....
...Losing the vote implies the government’s resignation and the appointment of a new prime minister by President Aníbal Cavaco Silva....
...António Costa, its leader, has called on President Aníbal Cavaco Silva to appoint him as prime minister-designate, saying he is in a position to form a government with majority backing in parliament from...
...President Aníbal Cavaco Silva on Thursday night reappointed Pedro Passos Coelho as prime minister three weeks after his centre-right alliance (PAF) emerged from a general election as the largest political...
...President Aníbal Cavaco Silva said on Thursday night he had asked Mr Passos Coelho to be prime minister because he was the leader of the largest political party, even though he did not hold a parliamentary...
...President Anibal Cavaco Silva is scheduled to meet party leaders separately next Tuesday and Wednesday in an effort to resolve the deadlock....
...In a televised address on Saturday night, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s conservative president, said the vote came at a “crucial moment” in the country’s history....
...The president of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, comes a little closer, being just one step away from academia — his wife, Maria Alves da Silva, has lectured at the Catholic University of Portugal....
...President Aníbal Cavaco Silva is expected to appoint António Costa, the Socialist party (PS) leader, to form a government. “The will of parliament has been made clear....
...Mr Passos Coelho said he would inform Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s president, that he was available to form a minority government....
...Denounced as “anti-European” by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s conservative president, the BE and PCP support debt restructuring, oppose the fiscal compact and would like to see Portugal out of Nato....
...In the next few days, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s conservative president, is expected to invite Mr Passos Coelho to form a new minority government and sound out the position of the other parties....
...The Portuguese election, announced by President Aníbal Cavaco Silva on Wednesday night, will be followed within months by ballots in Spain and Ireland, where the crisis in Greece could also sway voter decisions...
...Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva is helped by security and staff members after feeling unwell during his speech at ceremonies for Portugal Day in Guarda, northern Portugal...
...Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s president, said this week he hoped PT could avoid being “dismembered”....
...During this crisis, neither Social Democrats nor Socialists responded with enthusiasm to the appeals of Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the president, to join forces in a “national salvation” government....
...Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the head of state, said the country had a right to ask “what the shareholders and managers of this company have been doing”....
...President Aníbal Cavaco Silva has also warned that the fallout from BES could hurt the wider economy, saying people who had suffered significant losses were likely to delay investment decisions....
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