News: Portugal

We have started to collect the most important news related to Portugal in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• May 24th 2013 – January 23rd 2013
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• September 3rd 2012 – June 12th 2012
• June 10th 2012 – March 21st 2012
• March 15th 2012 – November 11th 2011
• November 11th 2011 – May 5th 2011
• May 5th 2011 – March 24th 2011
• March 24th 2011 – January 10th 2011
• December 13th 2010 – October 28th 2010
• October 27th 2010 – July 8th 2010
• June 30th 2010 – April 14th 2010
• March 24th 2010 – November 3rd 2009
• November 3rd 2009 – September 29th 2009
• September 28th 2009 – May 7th 2009
• May 6th 2009 – September 30th 2008
• September 26th 2008 – June 17th 2008
• June 16th 2008 – March 11th 2008
• March 2nd 2008 – September 8th 2007
• September 8th 2007 – May 12th 2007
• May 9th 2007 – September 26th 2006
• September 20th 2006 – January 22nd 2006
• January 5th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Portugal: news

Author investigated for 'clown' jibe

Friday, May 24th 2013, 22:28

Portuguese author and journalist Miguel Sousa Tavares is being investigated for calling President Anibal Cavaco Silva "a clown" in an interview.
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Portugal's African community hit hard by austerity

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 5:47

Portugal's African community feels the pain of economic crisis
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Madeleine police identify new leads

Friday, May 17th 2013, 16:55
related countries: United Kingdom

UK detectives reviewing the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal say they have identified "a number of persons of interest".
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VIDEO: Parliament protest amid Portuguese cuts

Saturday, May 4th 2013, 8:21

Portugal is planning to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and to raise the retirement age by one year to 66 as it tries to meet the terms of a bailout.
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Portugal to cut civil service jobs

Friday, May 3rd 2013, 21:08

Portugal plans to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and raise the retirement age to 66 as it tries to meet bailout conditions, the prime minister says.
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VIDEO: Retro products a hit in Portugal

Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 17:50

A new trend in Portugal is seeing shopkeepers stock their shelves with products and packaging which deliberately hark back to the designs of previous decades.
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Portugal PM seeks alternative cuts

Monday, April 8th 2013, 11:46

Portugal's prime minister says a court ruling striking down parts of the budget means he will have to make other deep spending cuts to avoid a second bailout.
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Portugal shares fall on cuts news

Monday, April 8th 2013, 8:48

Portugal's PSI 20 share index falls after a court ruling that spending cuts aimed at balancing the country's finances are unconstitutional.
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VIDEO: Portugal PM warns of further cuts

Monday, April 8th 2013, 5:37

Portugal's prime minister has said a court ruling striking down parts of his government's budget means it will have to make other deep spending cuts.
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VIDEO: Urgent budget talks in Portugal

Sunday, April 7th 2013, 1:37

Portugal's president has had an urgent meeting with the country's prime minister, after Pedro Passos Coelho criticised the top court's ruling that parts of the 2013 budget are unconstitutional.
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Urgent budget talks for Portugal PM

Saturday, April 6th 2013, 21:21

Portugal's PM says he disagrees with the top court's ruling that parts of the budget are unconstitutional and holds urgent talks with the president.
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Portugal court rejects budget items

Saturday, April 6th 2013, 1:49

Portugal's constitutional court rules several key articles of the 2013 state budget unconstitutional, calling into question a 78bn-euro bailout deal.
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VIDEO: Portugal court rejects budget plans

Saturday, April 6th 2013, 1:45

Portugal's Constitutional Court has ruled several key articles of the 2013 state budget unconstitutional.
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Portugal's unemployed head to Mozambique

Friday, April 5th 2013, 23:54
related countries: Mozambique

The Portuguese seeking a new future in ex-colony Mozambique
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Portugal protests against austerity

Saturday, March 2nd 2013, 22:36

Mass rallies take place across Portugal against austerity measures designed to cut the deficit and revive the economy.
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Eurozone recession 'to persist'

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 13:38
related countries: Spain

The eurozone recession is expected to linger longer into 2013, the European Commission says, with Spain, France and Portugal expected to miss agreed overspending targets.
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Portugal seizes huge fake euros haul

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 1:29

Portuguese police say they have made the largest ever seizure of fake euro notes - worth more than 380,000 euros - in Oporto.
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Surfer rides 'highest ever' wave

Wednesday, January 30th 2013, 14:37
related countries: United States

An American man rides what may be the highest wave ever caught by a surfer off the Portuguese coast.
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Bus plunges into Portugal ravine

Sunday, January 27th 2013, 14:59
related places: Serta

At least 10 people die and more than 30 are injured after a bus crashes from a rain-soaked road into a ravine in the eastern Portuguese town of Serta.
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Portuguese flee economic crisis

Friday, January 25th 2013, 22:35

More than 2% of Portugal's population have emigrated in the past two years, according to a government official with responsibility for overseeing the subject.
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Mourinho wants to manage Portugal

Wednesday, January 23rd 2013, 19:47
related countries: United Kingdom

Jose Mourinho says he would love to coach Portugal in the future - and also refuses to rule out taking on the England job.
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