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ATA - Albania is making efforts to enter EU markets with quality products
TIRANA, November 30 / ATA / Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Anila Denaj participated in the United Nations Industrialization in middle-income countries conference, ...
ANSA - سباحة: تأهل الايطالى بالترينيرى لباريس 2024 فى 1500 متر حر
(أنسامد) - نوفمبر 29 -روما- حصل السباح الايطالى جريجوريو بالترينيرى على تذكرته لالعاب باريس الاوليمبية 2024 ولبطولة العالم بالدوحة فى فبراير المقبل لسباق 1500 متر حرة. ويعد بالترينيرى البالغ من العمر 29 عاماً اول سباح ايطالى يتأهل لالعاب 2024 بوقت يعد افضل اداء موسمى عالمى....
MAP - Prix international de la femme d'exception : Rita El Khayat primée à Rome
Rome-30,novembre,2023-(MAP)-L'écrivaine marocaine Rita El Khayat a été primée, mercredi soir à Rome, dans le cadre du Prix international de la femme d'exception "Stand out Woman",...
NNA - Greenpeace MENA comment on loss & damage fund at cop28
NNA - Ghiwa Nakat, Executive Director of Greenpeace MENA, said: "Greenpeace MENA welcomes the agreement on the Loss and Damage Fund, whilst not perfect, ...
ANSA - Dog revealed as mystery Molise tyre puncturer
(ANSA)-ROME,NOV,30-A dog named Billy has been revealed as the perpetrator of tyre punctures in a Molise village in recent months which had spurred rumours of...
ANSA - إيطاليا: اكتشافات أثرية من الزجاج..دراسة حول حفظ الاثار
(أنسامد) - نوفمبر 30 - روما - سيتم عرض العديد من عينات الزجاج ومن بينها بعض المكونات معاد إنتاجها من زجاج قديم فى متحف الانتيكواريوم بوسكوريالى لدراسة آثار الظروف البيئية للحفاظ على الاكتشافات الموجودة بالمتاحف. ...
MAP - Festival International du Film de Marrakech: gagner la confiance du public, un défi de taille dans le cinéma (réalisateur russe)
Marrakech -30 novembre 2023- (MAP) - La confiance du public représente un défi de taille dans la réalisation cinématographique, a souligné, mercredi à Marrakech, ...
MAP - La cuisine marocaine, ambassadrice des bonnes saveurs
Rabat -30 novembre 2023 - (MAP)- Une farandole de saveurs, une explosion de goûts, une palette d'épices et de condiments aussi colorés que vigoureux....
NNA - فوز نادي الحكمة - بيروت على النفط العراقي في بغداد في سلة 'وصل'
وطنية-حقق الحكمة-بيروت فوزا اول في بطولة 'وصل' لمنطقة غرب آسيا في كرة السلة، على مضيفه فريق 'النفط' العراقي 90-78، في المباراة التي اجريت بينهما مساء اليوم في قاعة "الشعب" بالعاصمة العراقية بغداد في المرحلة الثانية.
وكان الحكمة خسر على ارضه في المرحلة الاولى امام غوركان الايراني...
ANSA - Soccer: OL sack Grosso
(ANSA)-ROME,NOV 30-Crisis-hit Olympique Lionnais on Thursday sacked Italy legend Fabio Grosso after he managed just one league win in seven games since taking over from...
ANSA - نصف الإيطاليين تضربهم كآبة الخريف..والحل تناول الشوكولاتة
(أنسامد) - نوفمبر 30 - روما - الأوراق المتساقطة والشوكولاتة الساخنة واتباع نظام غذائي غني بالمغنيسيوم، نصائح لتشعر بتحسن وتتغلب على كآبة الخريف، كما يساعد النشاط البدني علي تحسين المزاج في فصل الخريف.
كما يظهر على 3.5% من الإيطاليين تدني الحالة المزاجية والخمول والنعاس المفرط. ...
MAP - Automobile: Le Maroc sera la plateforme électrique la plus compétitive et intégrée au monde (M. Mezzour)
Tanger -30 novembre 2023-(MAP)- Le ministre de l’Industrie et du commerce, Ryad Mezzour, a souligné, mercredi à Tanger, que le Maroc sera la plateforme électrique...
MAP - Oléiculture à Berrechid : Le rendement s'améliore mais les prix s'envolent
Par:Rachid Aomari - Berrechid - 30 novembre 2023 - (MAP) - L'oléiculture occupe à Berrechid une superficie totale de 2.389 hectares dont 1.851 hectares irrigués,...
NNA - ندوة في في الجامعة الأميركية بعنوان الثقافة بوصفها معنى لبنان
وطنية-انطلق مسار الثقافة، رابع مسارات مشروع "لبنان في قرنه الثاني: رؤية مستقبلية"، في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت تحت عنوان "الثقافة بوصفها معنى لبنان"، في ندوة تحدّث فيها كلّ من المؤلف والمخرج اللبناني هادي زكاك، ووسام سعادة الأستاذ في معهد العلوم السياسية في جامعة القديس يوسف،...
ANSA - Cervinia reverts to pre-Fascist French name sparking row
(ANSA)-ROME,NOV,30-The world famous Italian ski resort of Cervinia has reverted to its pre-Fascist name of Le Breuil sparking an outcry from Premier Giorgia Meloni's rightwing...
ANSA - أكثر من 35 الف زائر لمعرض'روما ارتى ان نيفولا'
(أنسامد) - نوفمبر 30 - روما - حضر أكثر من 35 الف زائر النسخة الثالثة من المعرض الدولى للفن الحديث والمعاصر "روما ارتى ان نيفولا".المعارض الفنية الدولية الكبرى على الانترنت، والثالثة من نسخة "روما ارتى" في نوفولا . ...
MAP - Taroudant: mobilisation continue pour la constatation des habitations touchées par le séisme d'Al Haouz
Taroudant - 30 novembre 2023 - (MAP) - L'opération de visite et de constatation des habitations touchées par le séisme du 08 septembre dernier, ...
MAP - Cinema Official Hails Remarkable Growth in Film Distribution Sector in Morocco
Marrakech-November 30,2023- (MAP) - The film distribution sector in Morocco is experiencing remarkable growth with the emergence of specialized distributors whose editorial lines are diverse,...
NNA - الاسكوا أحيت اليوم الدولي للتضامن مع الشعب الفلسطيني: 75 سنة من النكبة نتيجة عدم تطبيق القانون الدولي
وطنية - أحيت اللجنة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية لغربي آسيا (الإسكوا) اليوم الدولي للتضامن مع الشعب الفلسطيني عبر حفل رسمي افتراضي أُقيم لهذه المناسبة.
افتُتح اللقاء بتلاوة رسالة الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة أنطونيو غوتيريش، أكّد فيها أن "هذا اليوم هو يومٌ لإعادة تأكيد التضامن الدولي مع الشعب الفلسطيني...
ANSA - Four Italians among world's 100 best women scientists
(ANSA)-ROME,NOV,30-There are four Italians among the world's best women scientists according to the latest annual ranking by Research.com on the basis of the number of...
ANSA - المصمم الإيطالي أنطونيو ماراس يفتتح متاجر كالمنازل
(أنسامد) - نوفمبر 30 - روما - افتتح مصمم الأزياء الإيطالي أنطونيو ماراس ثلاثة متاجر جديدة في ثلاث مدن إيطالية كبيرة: روما وفلورنسا وتورينو، لكنها ليست متاجر تقليدية ولكن بمفهوم يجمع الأشياء والأثاث، فهي مصممة وكأنها منزل، من المدخل إلى غرفة المعيشة المفروشة بشكل جيد،...
MAP - Marrakech Film Festival Pays Tribute to Moroccan Icon Faouzi Bensaïdi
Marrakech -November 30,2023-(MAP)- The International Film Festival of Marrakech paid a vibrant tribute on Wednesday evening at the Palais des Congrès to filmmaker Faouzi Bensaïdi,...
MAP - Morocco: Kingdom of Light Festival: Moroccan Crafts in the Spotlight in Manila
Manila-November 30,2023- (MAP) - Moroccan craft products were in the spotlight, on Wednesday in Manila, on the occasion of the “Morocco: Kingdom of Light” festival....
NNA - غرينبيس الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا رحّبJ بالاتفاق الأخير المتعلٌق بصندوق الخسائر والأضرار
وطنية - رحّبت المديرة التنفيذية في غرينبيس في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، غوى النكت بالاتفاق الأخير المتعلّق بصندوق الخسائر والأضرار، وأكملت:"على الرغم من أنّ الإتفاق ليس مثالياً، الا انه خطوة أولية حيوية من أجل ضمان حصول المجتمعات المُتضررة على الدعم الذي تحتاجه بشدّة". ...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Michelin-starred chef Diogo Rocha shows versatility of salt cod in Norway
Husoy, Norway, Nov.30,2023 (Lusa) - On the island of Husoy, north of Norway, a settlement of just over 200 people, Michelin-starred Portuguese chef Diogo Rocha...
Lusa - Business News - Cabo Verde: UN expects to provide €13.1M in 2024
Praia, Nov.30,2023 (Lusa) - The United Nations (UN) plans to provide Cabo Verde with $14.3 million (€13.1 million) next year for the joint work plan,...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Stock market closes higher for sixth consecutive session
Lisbon, Nov.30,2023(Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market closed higher on Thursday, for the sixth consecutive session, with the PSI index climbing 0.54% to 6,474.58 points....
Lusa - Business News - Cabo Verde: Short list of bidders must pay to stay in bid for bank BCA
Lisbon, Nov.30,2023 (Lusa) - The short list of investors interested in buying Cabo Verde's Banco Comercial do Atlântico (BCA) from Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD)...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Social support index rises €30, boosts unemployment, other benefits
Lisbon, Nov.30,2023(Lusa) - Portugal's Social Support Index (IAS) will rise by around €30 in January and will boost various social benefits, such as unemployment benefits,...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Government 'always, always, always' obeyed the law - deputy minister
Lisbon, Nov. 30,2023 (Lusa) - The deputy minister for parliamentary affairs said on Thursday that the government has "always, always, always complied with the law"...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Repsol considering moving €1.5B hydrogen investment from Spain
Madrid, Nov.30,2023 (Lusa) - The chairman of oil company Repsol, Antonio Brufau, said on Thursday that he would take the €1.5 billion investment in hydrogen...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Budget surplus rises to €6.2B until October
Lisbon,Nov.30,2023(Lusa)-Portugal recorded a budget surplus in public accounts of €6.215 billion up to October,an improvement of €3.494 billion compared to the same period last year,...
Lusa - Business News - Cabo Verde: UN suggests hiking tourist tax to help boost development goals
Praia, Nov.30,2023(Lusa)- The United Nations (UN) on Thursday suggested that Cabo Verde increase its tourist tax so that the country can earn more domestic revenue...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Socialist leadership candidate intends to 'recover frozen seniority'
Lisbon, Nov.30,2023(Lusa)- The candidate for secretary-general of the PS Pedro Nuno Santos has defended in his global motion the "gradual recovery of the service time...
CNA - FinMin discusses economic development and cohesion policy issues in Brussels
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos spoke out in favour of flexibility in the process of closing the 2014-2020 funding programmes,as it is important to make effective...
Lusa - Business News - Angola: Banks duly capitalised - central bank vice governor
Luanda, Nov.30,2023 (Lusa) - The deputy governor of the National Bank of Angola (BNA) said on Thursday that the Angolan banking system is properly capitalised,...
Lusa - Business News - Cabo Verde: Some development goals achieved, others with setbacks
Praia, Nov.30,2023(Lusa) - Cabo Verde has achieved half of the indicators of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but there are many areas with setbacks...
Lusa - Business News - Angola: First 'green bonds' to be issued next year - central bank
Luanda,Nov.30,2023(Lusa)-Angola's minister of economic coordination said in Luanda on Thursday that the first Green Bonds to finance projects with a direct impact on environmental sustainability...
CNA - مسؤولة في الصحة تؤكد تسجيل حالات متفرقة من حمى الضنك في قبرص
قالت مديرة الخدمات الطبية والصحة العامة الدكتورة إليزابيث كونستانتينو لوكالة الأنباء القبرصية اليوم الخميس إنه تم تسجيل حالات متفرقة من حمى الضنك في قبرص، مشيرة إلى أنه يبدو أن العدوى الأولية داخل جمهورية قبرص لم تحدث أبداً. ...
CNA - المتحدث الرسمي: بدأ تفعيل الإجراءات بشأن انتهاك المنطقة العازلة
وفقاً للمتحدث باسم الحكومة كونستانتينوس ليتيمبيوتيس، بدأ صباح اليوم تفعيل الإجراءات المتعلقة برد الحكومة على انتهاك قوات الاحتلال التركي للمنطقة العازلة في أيوس دوميتيوس في نيقوسيا. ...
CNA - Services turnover value up in three sectors in Q3 2023
The Services Turnover Value Index recorded an increase in three sectors in the third quarter of this year and a decrease in one ,...
CNA - المتحدث الرسمي: قبرص شريك موثوق به للولايات المتحدة والدول الأخرى
قال المتحدث باسم الحكومة كونستانتينوس ليتيمبيوتيس اليوم الخميس عقب اجتماع رئيس الجمهورية نيكوس خريستودوليدس مع مسؤولين من الولايات المتحدة في الأسطول السادس في القصر الرئاسي، إن قبرص، باعتبارها ركيزة للاستقرار في المنطقة، شريك موثوق به لكل من الولايات المتحدة والدول الأخرى. ...
CNA - General government surplus at 3.1% of GDP in first ten months of this year
The general government recorded a surplus of €918.9 mn or 3.1% of GDP for the period of January-October 2023, according to preliminary fiscal results released...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: UPDATE: Q3 GDP grows 1.9% YoY, falls 0.2% against Q2 - official
Lisbon, Nov. 30, 2023 (Lusa) - Portugal's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 1.9% in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2022...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Regulator to decide on proposed airport tax hikes in December
Lisbon, Nov. 30, 2023 (Lusa) - Ana Vieira da Mata, the nominee for president of the board of directors of Portugal's civil aviation authority (ANAC),...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: YoY inflation rate falls to 1.6% in November - official
Lisbon, Nov.30,2023(Lusa)- The year-on-year rate of change in Portugal's Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell to 1.6% in November, 0.5 percentage points less than in October,...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Q3 GDP grows 1.9% YoY, falls 0.2% against Q2 - official
Lisbon, Nov. 30, 2023 (Lusa) - Portugal's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 1.9% in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2022...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Country, Spain rail sectors ink deal to promote partnerships
Madrid, Nov. 30,2023 (Lusa) - The two associations of companies and institutions in the railway sector in Portugal and Spain signed a protocol on Thursday...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Stock market up on Thursday morning with Mota-Engil again leading way
Lisbon, Nov.30,2023(Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market was trading up on Thursday morning, with Mota-Engil shares rising 3.04% to €3.72. At around 09:25 in Lisbon,...
Lusa - Business News - Angola: US counts on country to promote regional stability in Africa - state department
Washington, Nov. 30,2023 (Lusa) - The United States has in Angola a partner in promoting greater regional stability in Africa, the US government told Lusa,...
CNA - قبرص تطلب من الأمم المتحدة استعادة الوضع الراهن في المنطقة العازلة في ايوس دوميتيوس
أرسل الممثل الدائم لقبرص لدى الأمم المتحدة أندرياس حادجيخريسانثو رسالة إلى مسؤولي الأمم المتحدة يطلب فيها أن تضمن قوة الأمم المتحدة لحفظ السلام في قبرص عودة الوضع كما كان عليه في المنطقة العازلة بمنطقة أيوس دوميتيوس في نيقوسيا وعدم انتهاكه. ...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Coimbra cod importer expecting best ever turnover of €40M in 2023
Husoy, Norway, Nov.30,2023(Lusa) - Portuguese company Lugrade - Bacalhau de Coimbra , S.A. expects a turnover of €40 million in 2023, its best year ever,...
CNA - الرئيس خريستوذوليديس إلى دبي لحضور قمة الأمم المتحدة للمناخ كوب 28
يتوجه رئيس الجمهورية نيكوس خريستوذوليديس إلى دبي اليوم الخميس لحضور قمة الأمم المتحدة للمناخ كوب 28 صرح المتحدث الرسمي باسم الحكومة كونستانتينوس ليتمبيوتيس للصحفيين أن الرئيس سيشير خلال القمة إلى آثار تغير المناخ في قبرص، وكذلك في شرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط "المنطقة التي ستتأثر بشكل...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Govt approves wage premium for young graduates who stay working in country
Lisbon,Nov.30,2023(Lusa)-The Portuguese Cabinet has approved the decree-law that creates a "wage premium" that will be awarded to young people who complete their higher education training...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Dubai COP28 to assess eight years of climate action; country represented
Dubai,Nov.30,2023(Lusa)- Representatives from almost every country in the world will be meeting from Thursday in Dubai at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28),...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper, news magazine headlines on Thursday, 30 November
Lisbon, Nov. 30,2023 (Lusa) - The Socialist parliamentary majority sees the 2024 state budget approved and campaigning for the March general elections is now underway,...
Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Former bank governor's bombshell prompts 12 opposition questions to PM




Lisbon, Nov. 23,2022 (Lusa) - Portugal's main opposition in parliament, the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD), has submitted 12 questions to the Socialist prime minister seeking clarification on statements made by a former governor of the Bank of Portugal on the resolution of the bank Banif and the removal of an Angolan businesswoman from the board of BIC.
In the request, which the PSD's leader, Luís Montenegro, announced on Tuesday evening in Guarda and which Lusa saw on Wednesday, the PSD members write that the former Bank of Portugal, Carlos Costa, had recently - in his book 'O Governador' and at its launch and in interviews that followed - "made statements about alleged political meddling by the prime minister, António Costa, in the context of the removal of Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos from the EuroBIC bank, as well as precipitating the resolution of the bank Banif."
The prime minister has described these statements as "false and offensive" and said that he will sue Carlos Costa.
The PSD parliamentary group states that the set of questions that it is directly addressing to the prime minister are justified given that it is "of the utmost importance that a thorough investigation of the interactions between the Prime Minister and the former Governor" is carried out, and it is "in the national interest" that the prime minister provide "the necessary clarifications as soon as possible."
The PSD members put four questions to António Costa "about [his] intervention in the process of evaluation of the suitability of Isabel dos Santos for the management of EuroBIC" - the Portugal-based offshoot of BIC, an Angolan bank.
Firstly, whether the prime minister confirms that he spoke by telephone to the then governor of the central bank, "approaching him regarding a possible decision by the Bank of Portugal on the suitability of ... Isabel dos Santos for the purposes of authorisation to perform duties on the Board of EuroBIC."
On the other hand, if in this phone conversation "he disagreed with a possible non-recognition of the suitability" of the Angolan businesswoman "because she is the daughter of the President of a friendly country or because it was considered inopportune to do so at that time.
"Were you contacted by Isabel dos Santos and/or [her colleague] Fernando Teles following the meeting they had with Carlos Costa in which the assessment of their suitability for the purposes of performing management functions at EuroBIC was discussed?" ask the PSD members of parliament.
If this last question is answered in the negative, the PSD members want to know how the prime minister knew that the Bank of Portugal "was in the process of evaluating the suitability of these people and was seriously considering a decision of lack of suitability and consequent refusal or revocation of authorisation."
The remaining eight questions addressed to the prime minister are about the process of the resolution of Banif, which is also covered in the former governor's book: the PSD starts by asking if the prime minister confirms that "he contacted the European institutions (in particular the European Commission and the ECB)" after taking office "to prepare the resolution or sale in resolution scenario of Banif.
"Can you confirm that on the morning of 14 December 2015 you sent a written communication to the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Central Bank stating that Banif Bank was in a 'resolution process' and/or in a 'pre-resolution phase'?" the question reads.
The PSD members also want to know if this communication was made in coordination with the Bank of Portugal and how the prime minister explains the reference to "a pre-resolution phase" of the bank, when "what was ongoing at that moment was the sale process, in which there were candidates and proposals, and whose conclusion would have avoided the resolution scenario" leading to much higher costs.
"How do you explain that [television broadcaster] TVI reported, at 10 p.m. the night before the letter was sent, information that coincided with what was included in it as content and that was, presumably, only known to you and your Government?" they further ask.
The PSD members also want to know if, before the letter was sent, there was any contact between potential buyers of Banif and the government, and if there were any conversations between the government and the European Commission's Directorate-General of Communications (DG Com) regarding the sale of Banif, before the letter was sent.
"Were you informed by the then minister of finance, Mário Centeno [now Bank of Portugal governor] that when the sale process was still underway and before the resolution was decided, the minister himself made contacts with Banco Santander to negotiate the sale in the context of resolution and contacted the European authorities requesting the support and viability of this sale when the competitive process of sale outside resolution was underway?" is the final question.
Speaking in Guarda on Tuesday, the PSD's leader, Luís Montenegro, said that the party had opted to send these questions to the prime minister because it is "not one of those who propose parliamentary committees of inquiry every week" but that it would not completely rule out taking such a route in future.
"We may even have a parliamentary inquiry into this matter," he said. "I don't know. But for now, today, we are addressing concrete questions to the prime minister."
The right-populist party Chega this week submitted to parliament a plan for an ad-hoc parliamentary commission of inquiry to "investigate possible interference by the Prime Minister in the autonomy of the Bank of Portugal to protect the daughter of the President of Angola" - but it would need the support of the PSD to move forward, since the signatures of at least 46 members are needed and Chega has only 12. The other parties in parliament have just 21 seats in total.

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