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50-757: The first telephone experiments in Portugal connected Carcavelos to the Central do Cabo in Lisbon , in 1877. In 1882, the Edison Gower-Bell Telephone Company was established in both Lisbon and Porto , to develop the respective telephone service concessions. In 1887, the concession was transferred to APT - The Anglo Portuguese Telephone Company , which lasted until 1968, when the Public Company "Telefones de Lisboa e Porto" (TLP)

100-593: A monopoly , until 1994, when the government gradually reduced its control over the corporation. In 2000, Portugal Telecom became a publicly owned company. In early 2007, the Portuguese conglomerate, Sonae 's takeover offer for Portugal Telecom failed. PT's board rejected an initial bid, worth EUR 11.1 bn, in February 2006. Sonae.com's takeover bid opposed Belmiro de Azevedo (founder and historical chairman of Sonae holding company) and his son Paulo Azevedo (then

150-608: A Public Company and in 1989, the TLP was transformed into a Limited Company, and was controlled by the State. In 1992, the Portuguese government and the Public Service Television Corporation RTP agreed to separate the transmitter network from the rest of the corporation, transferring it to a recently created state-owned company named "Teledifusão de Portugal" (TDP). The purpose of this was to create

200-523: A caretaker government. On the occasion of the 2015–2016 caretaker government of Mariano Rajoy , the Government refused repeatedly to submit to the control of the Congress of Deputies alleging that there was no trust relationship between both powers for the fact of being a caretaker government and, therefore, there was no control of the legislative power over the executive. Faced with this situation,

250-573: A multinational cable and telecommunications company with a presence in France, Israel, Belgium & Luxembourg, Portugal, French West Indies/Indian Ocean Area and Dominican Republic (“Overseas Territories”) and Switzerland. Carcavelos Carcavelos ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐɾkɐˈvɛluʃ] ) was, until 2013, a civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais , about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Lisbon . In 2013,

300-502: A nationwide TV broadcasting network available for any TV station in Portugal to request its services. At the time, RTP (a "native" client of TDP) was facing competition for the first time since its creation in the 1950s. SIC required the services of TDP, but TVI decided to create its own transmitter Network (RETI). In 1992, CTT became a Limited Company with public capital and the Comunicações Nacionais, SPGS, SA (CN)

350-489: A new Brazil-based company with more than 100 million subscribers. The resulting company's provisional name is CorpCo. Armando Almeida replaced Zeinal Bava at the helm of Portugal Telecom on 18 August 2014. Zeinal Bava skipped off to Oi in Brazil. On 2 June 2015 Altice announced closing of Portugal Telecom acquisition. Paulo Manuel da Conceição Neves was appointed as CEO. On 21 November 2017 Paulo Neves resigned as CEO and

400-803: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Spanish government The government of Spain ( Spanish : Gobierno de España ) is the central government which leads the executive branch and the General State Administration of the Kingdom of Spain . The Government consists of the Prime Minister and the Ministers ; the prime minister has the overall direction of the Ministers and can appoint or terminate their appointments freely and all of them belong to

450-454: Is a conflict between the country's institutions ( Part II § 56 ). As commander-in-chief of the armed forces, former King Juan Carlos I suppressed the 23-F Spanish coup d'état attempt in February 1981, showing that the monarch has more power than the constitution grants him. The heir presumptive is Leonor, Princess of Asturias . The Constitution also gives the monarch some powers known as Royal Prerogatives . These prerogatives range from

500-596: Is easy to understand that Spain can not run out of government even for a few hours". In 1997 the Government Act was passed; the Caretaker Government is regulated in Title 4. In addition to the aforementioned constitutional provisions, Section 21 of the Government Act establishes that "the caretaker government shall facilitate the normal development of the process of formation of the new Government and

550-635: Is known as a proyecto de ley , contrasting with a proposición de ley which is offered by a house of parliament. Neither the prime minister nor the ministers need to be members of parliament , but the Government must account to both the Senate and Congress every week in a parliamentary meeting known as a sesión de control (control session) ( Part V § 108 ). Questioning minor-rank ministers, such as Secretaries of State or Under Secretaries, must be done in Parliamentary Committees . While

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600-650: Is placed in Title IV of the Constitution, as well as in Title V of that document, with respect to its relationship with the Cortes Generales , and in Law 50/1997, of 27 November, of the Government. According to Article 97 of the Constitution and Article 1.1 of the Government Act, " the Government directs domestic and foreign policy, the civil and military administration and the defense of the State. It exercises

650-582: The Canary Islands , Castile-La Mancha , Navarre , Murcia and La Rioja . The last four regions to get their autonomy were the Balearic Islands , Castile and León , Extremadura and Madrid , all of them in 1983. The Constitution also grants the cities of Ceuta and Melilla autonomy, which they got in 1995. The Constitution also gives them the possibility to become fully autonomous communities, but so far these cities have not requested

700-512: The Government Law , the Government of Spain is composed of: In accordance with article 11 of the Law of the Government, " to be a member of the Government it is required to be Spanish, adult, to enjoy the rights of active and passive suffrage, as well as not to be disabled to exercise employment or public office by sentence Judicial firm ." The members of the Government enjoy their own criminal procedure so that they will only be tried by

750-757: The Namibian mobile firm MTC . The firm sold a 32% shareholding in Méditel of Morocco in September 2009. In Asia Portugal Telecom owned 41.1% of Timor Telecom of East Timor . Altice Portugal is no longer a publicly traded company , since 100% of its capital is owned by Altice . As of 15 November 2011 its major stockholders were Espírito Santo Financial Group (11.30%), RS Holding (10.05%), Capital Research and Management (9.97%), Oi;k (7.00%), Caixa Geral de Depósitos (6.23%), Brandes Investment Partners (5.24%) and Norges Bank (5.01%). After privatization

800-534: The Palace of Moncloa , is also the headquarters of the Government. The Government's performance is governed by the following operating principles: The Kingdom of Spain is a constitutional monarchy in which executive decisions are made by the Government. More specifically, the Spanish Constitution describes Spain's form of government as monarquía parlamentaria , or parliamentary monarchy, in which

850-542: The Portuguese government owned 500 golden shares in PT, which carried special rights over the company's management decisions and blocked any one shareholder from holding more than 10% of voting rights within the company. The golden shares were the subject of a long running dispute between the government and the European Commission , which alleged that their existence was illegal under EU law . Portugal argued that

900-654: The Chambers or the Cortes Generales , raising the question of confidence, or proposing to the King the calling for a consultative referendum" and on the Government prohibiting it from "the approval of the State General Budget Bill or presenting bills to the Cortes Generales ". The government neither may exercise the legislative delegations that the parliament has granted to it while acting as

950-693: The Congress approves a full budget amend, the budget is automatically rejected. Since the approval of the Constitution of 1978 , Spain was established as a decentralized unitary country which grants its regions a high degree of autonomy. The first two regions to be granted autonomy were the Basque Country and Catalonia in 1979. In 1981, four further regions achieved their autonomy: Andalusia , Asturias , Cantabria and Galicia . A year later, seven more regions were granted autonomy: Aragon ,

1000-547: The Congress denounced the Executive Power before the Constitutional Court for refusing to submit to its control and, on 22 November 2018, the high court ruled that the Government "undermined the constitutional attribution" that the Constitution confers on Congress and that although "control of the Government's action will normally be exercised within the framework of the confidence that must exist between

1050-478: The Congress's confidence in the Government: the motion of no-confidence ( Part V § 113 ), by which members of parliament can ask the Congress to rescind its confidence in the prime minister and to elect another, and the question of confidence ( Part V § 112 ), by which the prime minister asks the Congress if it supports the Government's political programs generally or a specific piece of legislation. A loss by

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1100-541: The Constitution, not being able to deny the Chambers all exercise of the control function, since this would affect to the balance of powers foreseen in our Constitution". The longest caretaker government of the Spanish politics since the restoration of democracy in 1977 has been the 2015–2016 Rajoy government with a record of 316 days. The Office of the Prime Minister as well as the official headquarters of

1150-688: The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court . The initiation of a case for treason or against the security of the State can only respond to the initiative of a quarter of the Congress of Deputies , approved by an absolute majority thereof, and can not be granted a pardon in such cases. The Caretaker Government is regulated in Section 101 of the Spanish Constitution which says that "the Government shall resign after

1200-434: The Government and the Congress of Deputies", this does not mean that "exceptionally, as are the periods in which there is no relationship of trust between Congress and the Government, the aforementioned control function can not be exercised" since "the control function that corresponds to the Cortes Generales is implicit in its representative character and in the form of parliamentary government that establishes Article 1.3 of

1250-594: The Government are located in the Palace of Moncloa , outside Madrid . The Council of Ministers meetings also take place here. In this palace is also the office of the deputy prime minister , the headquarters of the Ministry of the Presidency and the office of the Government's Spokesperson . Most of the government departments are located in the centre of the city of Madrid, each having its own buildings. One of

1300-436: The Government in either case may result in the removal of the prime minister. The Spanish monarch , currently King Felipe VI , is the head of state and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. As a monarch of a parliamentary monarchy, the executive power does not belong to The Crown and is independent from it. The Constitution gives the monarch a symbolic role, but also a moderating role, being able to intervene if there

1350-829: The Tagus from enemy ships, but in the 20th century it became the official summer residence of the Minister of Defense. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Carcavelos was an important landing point in the international telegraph network, providing crucial communication links for the British Empire; most of the links were run by Cable & Wireless company forerunners. Carcavelos is home to a number of international schools including Saint Julian's School , and Nova School of Business and Economics . 38°41′00″N 9°20′00″W  /  38.6833°N 9.3333°W  / 38.6833; -9.3333 This Lisbon location article

1400-475: The activation of this clause. Although it is not a very common position within the Administration , it has existed the position of Commissioner or High Commissioner, a senior official normally holding the position of Secretary of State or Under Secretary, being entrusted with a specific task. Currently, there are two high commissioners, three special commissioners and two commissioners, all of them with

1450-458: The business of managing contact centres . Brazil was Portugal Telecom's second-largest market. PT agreed to acquire 22.4% of Telemar Norte Leste (Oi) , the country's largest telecommunications firm, in July 2010. Separately it also had 29% of UOL , a major Brazil-based ISP and online service provider ; and was the sole owner of Dedic, a call centre operator. PT previously held 29.7% of Vivo ,

1500-630: The country's largest mobile phone network, which it controlled jointly with Telefónica . It agreed however to sell its stake to Telefónica for €7.5 billion in July 2010. Portugal Telecom's other main international assets were based in Africa and Asia, largely in Portuguese -speaking nations. Through a 75%-owned investment holding company Africatel, PT had an effective 18.75% of Angola 's largest mobile operator Unitel; 30% of Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT) of Cape Verde ; 38.25% of Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações (CST) of São Tomé and Príncipe ; and 25.5% of

1550-424: The doctrine and parliamentary practice said. With this constitutional precept it was intended that the succession of one Government by another does not affect the fundamental continuity of the governmental action or that paralysis or dysfunctions occur in the system as a whole. This need of not leaving a modern state without its central governing body is explained very well in a Supreme Court sentence saying that "It

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1600-482: The executive function and the regulatory regulation according to the Constitution and the laws ". The current prime minister is Pedro Sánchez , who took office on 2 June 2018. He is the leader of the Socialist Workers' Party , and he leads his third cabinet since late 2023. The Government is occasionally referred to by the metonymy Moncloa , due to the fact that the residence of the Prime Minister,

1650-486: The government a decisive role in the bid by any company to buy Portugal Telecom. In November 2007, Portugal Telecom spun off its media assets ( PT Multimédia ), that included TV Cabo and Lusomundo Cinemas. In January 2008, the European Commission began legal proceedings against the Portuguese government over its 'golden share' in incumbent telecoms operator Portugal Telecom. The 500 golden shares with extended voting rights, allowing it to block potential takeover bids, were

1700-412: The head officer of Sonae.com telecommunications operator) to the investor José Berardo and PT's administrators Zeinal Bava and Henrique Granadeiro. In April 2007 the European Commission gave an ultimatum to the Portuguese government ordering it to give up on the 500 golden shares pack that it owned on the company and that enable special veto powers to the government on vital issues. This could give

1750-525: The holding of general elections, in the event of loss of parliamentary confidence as provided in the Constitution, or on the resignation or death of the President. The outgoing Government shall continue as acting body until the new Government takes office". Between the approval of the Constitution in 1978 and the approval of the Government Act of 1997, there were no explicit limitations to the Government powers while acting as acting government except for what

1800-512: The monarch acts as a moderator rather than a source of executory authority. Spain possesses an asymmetric bicameral parliament, called the Cortes Generales , composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate . While both the Congress and Senate propose legislation, albeit by different procedural mechanisms, the Government has the right to be consulted for such proposals. The Government may also propose law directly. A Government-sponsored bill

1850-503: The most famous places where ministries are located is the gubernatorial complex of New Ministries . The Spanish Government has two main advisory bodies: The General State Budget is considered one of the most important legislations that a Government can pass. According to the Constitution , the Government is the only body that can make the Budget bill , although it is the parliament who must accept it, reject it or propose modifications. If

1900-535: The parish merged into the new parish Carcavelos e Parede . The parish was known for the Carcavelos wine . With the decline of the winemaking industry in the region, the attractiveness of its beaches have made the parish a destination for surfing , due to the waves here. At the mouth of the Tagus River and east of the main beach is the fortification of Fort of São Julião da Barra . It was used to protect

1950-440: The prime minister is typically elected from the members of Congress, the current prime minister, Pedro Sánchez , was not a member of either chamber for the first year of his premiership. Under the parliamentary system, the Government is required to maintain the confidence of the Congress of Deputies. In the absence of such confidence, the Government may fall or prove unable to pass legislation. There are two procedures to ascertain

2000-564: The rank of Under-Secretary: Shown here is the official logo of the Government of Spain. On the left are the EU and the Spanish flags and in the centre is the coat of arms of Spain and the words Gobierno de España (in English: "Government of Spain"). The ministries ’ logos consist of additional yellow rectangles added to the right of the Government's logo, which read the name of the ministry in

2050-542: The reason for the commission's legal action. Similarly, in November 2005, the commission had forced the Spanish government to give up its golden share in the other telecommunications' major player in the Iberian Peninsula , the Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica . In December 2009, Portugal Telecom purchased RETI. On 2 October 2013 Portugal Telecom and Brazil's Oi said they would combine operations to form

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2100-573: The same sense, the monarch is normally invited to the first Council of Ministers of every new government (and others if the prime ministers wants to) and to the meetings of bodies such as the National Security Council or the National Defence Council. The Royal prerogatives are: To see the current members, see Council of Ministers . According to Article 98 of the Spanish Constitution and Article 1.2 of

2150-467: The shares were in the public interest . A case brought before the European Court of Justice by the commission to force the government to cede its shares resulted in the announcement of their abolition in July 2011. On 2 October 2013 it was reported that Portugal Telecom and Brazil's Oi are to merge to create a Brazil-based company. Since 2 June 2015 it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Altice ,

2200-436: The signing of international treaties, to declaring war and making peace or to dissolving the parliament. However, with the arrival of democracy, these prerogatives have been regulated and most of them must be countersigned by an official. Although the monarch is not part of the executive power, the prime minister has weekly meetings with him to inform him about the Government's activity and the King can express his opinion. In

2250-586: The supreme decision-making body, known as the Council of Ministers . The Government is responsible before the Parliament ( Cortes Generales ), and more precisely before the Congress of the Deputies , a body which elects the Prime Minister or dismisses them through a motion of censure . This is because Spain is a parliamentary system established by the Constitution of 1978 . Its fundamental regulation

2300-408: The transfer of powers to it and limit its duties to the ordinary office of public affairs, abstaining from adopting, except in cases of urgency duly accredited or for reasons of general interest whose accreditation expressly justifies it, any other measures". This article also establishes explicit limitations on the Prime Minister , preventing him from "proposing to the King the dissolution of any of

2350-494: Was created, a state holding company responsible for the managing of all state participation within the sector, comprising CTT, TLP, CPRM and TDP. That year, the telecommunications operations of CTT were detached with the creation of Telecom Portugal, SA, allowing CTT to dedicate itself to postal services. With this, Portugal's telecommunications network was operated by three operators: TLP in the Lisbon and Porto areas, Telecom Portugal

2400-485: Was created. The Post Office, Telegraphs and Telephones ( CTT ) operated the telephone service in the rest of the country. For the operation of radiotelegraphy and wireless telephone , a contract with the Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company concession was confirmed in 1922. In 1925, the "Companhia Portuguesa Rádio Marconi" (CPRM) was set up and took on all responsibilities of the previous concession. In 1970, CTT became

2450-426: Was replaced by Alexandre Filipe Fonseca. In 2022 Ana Figueiredo was appointed as CEO. Altice owns MEO , the largest landline operator in Portugal. Its operating brands include MEO , a quadruple play service provider and SAPO, an ISP and producer of web content. Portugal Telecom also owns Altice Labs (formerly known as PT Inovação), an IT services and research and development company; PT Contact, focused in

2500-462: Was responsible for the remaining national, European and Mediterranean communications; and Marconi took on international traffic. In 1994, a single national telecommunications operator was created with the combination of the companies within the CN State holding: Portugal Telecom, SA (PT) merged into one Telecom Portugal, TLP and TDP. Portugal Telecom was the only telephone operator in Portugal, being

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