É sempre interessante ver um português, para além do Cristiano Ronaldo, ser destacado na imprensa internacional e logo num jornal de referência e não um tablóide qualquer:

Portugal PM vows to defend honour over mall

Portugal’s prime minister, Jose Socrates, is embroiled in an alleged corruption scandal over permission granted for a British development on protected land outside Lisbon.

Police searched the home of Mr Socrates’s uncle this week in connection with the affair, which is said to have taken place when Mr Socrates was environment minister in a previous socialist government. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is said to be investigating the unexplained transfer of some 4m euros to bank accounts in Portugal at the time of the deal, press reports say.

Mr Socrates is alleged to have waived environmental restrictions in 2002, following intervention by his uncle and cousin, to grant the British company Freeport a licence to build the Alcochete mall or “village outlet”, a gigantic emporium of designer shops south of the Portuguese capital.

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