Pedro Reis received by the President
The President of the Republic received, in audience, the Chairman of AICEP (Portuguese Investment Agency), Dr. Pedro Reis.
The President of the Republic returned to Parliament the proposal on a referendum concerning the possibility of co-adoption by same gender spouses or de facto partners, and concerning the possibility of adoption by same gender couples, whether married or de facto partners, approved by Decision no. 6-A/2014, since the Constitutional Court had issued the opinion, following the preventive obligatory check, that it was unconstitutional and illegal.
Audience in Belém
The President of the Republic received, in audience, the Governing Officers of the Portuguese Association of Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Activities (AHRESP).
The President of the Republic will be the guest speaker at the closure of the World Ocean Summit 2014, which will be held in San Francisco, USA, between 24 and 26 February instant.
The topic of this summit - World Ocean Summit – will be Sustainability and Governance of the Oceans, and will be attended by Heads of State, members of Governments, officers from United Nations, European Community and NGO agencies, as well as entrepreneurial leaders. President Cavaco Silva will deliver the closing speech, on 26 February.
Presentation of chart
The President of the Republic received the Ministers for Agriculture and the Sea and for Education and Science, who made a presentation of the Chart “Portugal is Sea”, a chart that shows the country’s territorial reality, specifically its maritime dimension, and which includes the proposal for the Expansion of the Continental Platform.
Ceremony in the Palace of Belém
The President of the Republic empowered Chief of the Army General Staff, Lieutenant General Carlos António Corbal Hernandez Jerónimo.
Audience in Belém
The President of the Republic received, in audience, a delegation of the Higher Counsel of the Public Prosecution.
Concert in the Grand Auditorium
The President of the Republic attended the concert celebrating the reopening of the Grand Auditorium of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon.
The President of the Republic has decided to appoint Lieutenant General Carlos António Corbal Hernandez Jerónimo as Chief of the Army General Staff.
Enrique Iglesias decorated by the President
The President of the Republic received, in audience, the Iberian American Secretary General (SEGIB), Enrique Iglesias, whom he then decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator.
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