Portugal

Portugal’s fuel-tanker drivers to strike

Portugal's fuel-tanker drivers voted to strike from Monday for an indefinite period, raising fears about the impact on the country's tourism-dependent economy during the busy summer season. The vote means…

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Socialists favorites in Portugese election but would not win majority

Portugal’s ruling Socialists remain favorites to win a parliamentary election in October but will fail to grab an absolute majority, according to a new poll. According to the survey by…

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Ryanair Portuguese cabin crew to strike in August

Portuguese cabin crew working with Ryanair are planning to strike in August over pay and working conditions, according to a domestic union. The National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel…

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Photo Story: Forest fires in Portugal

An airplane fights the flames during a forest fire in Sao Vicente da Beira, Sobral do Campo, Castelo Branco, Portugal. There are 228 operators, 66 vehicles, and one airplane…

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Huge operation tackles central Portugal wildfires

Hundreds of firefighters have spent the day battling wildfires in a forested, mountainous area of central Portugal. Some houses were affected by the fires but Portugal's Civil Protection did not…

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Lisbon aims to have no people living on its streets by 2021

The Lisbon City Council approved the Municipal Plan for the Homeless Person 2021. It’s a continuation of the previous plan which ended in 2018. According to the city’s authorities,…

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Golden visa investment scheme in Portugal falls 23%

Investment in so-called “golden” visas, the process whereby non-EU citizens can “buy” residence visas in Portugal, fell 23 percent in the first half of the year. A total of 7,583…

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Photo Story : Presidential salute

Portugal's President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa waves to the people during a tram ride in Lisbon, Portugal, 18 June 2019. Austria´s President arrived for a two-day official visit to Portugal.…

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EU-wide operation against counterfeit products, Law enforcement agencies in Malta involved in the operation

More than 4.7 million counterfeit products seized, over 16 400 social media accounts suspended and 3 300 websites closed in the EU-wide operation Aphrodite II against trafficking of counterfeit goods.…

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Portugal win first UEFA Nations League

Portugal have added the UEFA Nations League crown to their UEFA EURO 2016 triumph after Gonçalo Guedes's second-half strike downed the Netherlands. Via UEFA

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Big police operation in Portugal against human trafficking for sexual exploitation

The Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras), supported by Europol, arrested eight suspected members of an international organised criminal group trafficking human beings for sexual…

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Express Trailers’ 25 Years of Servicing Spain Now Also Linking Malta to Portugal

EXPRESS TRAILERS is this year commemorating 25 years of weekly transport services between Malta and Spain. The company started servicing businesses to and from Spain in 1994 with a sea…

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Cristiano Ronaldo‘s hat-trick gives Portugal a final spot in UEFA’s Nations League this Sunday

Cristiano Ronaldo sensational hat-trick took hosts Portugal through to Sunday's UEFA Nations League final. Switzerland battled gamely, and came within two minutes of extra time, but make no mistake: this…

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Europe Votes: Portugal, the projections

This is a summary of Politico’s projections for the voting today in Portugal: Portugal – The Projections If turnout of 33.67% is maintained in this vote, Politico predicts PS will…

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Campaigning in Portugal European Elections

Democratic Social Party (PSD) head of list to the European elections Paulo Rangel accompanied by Alvaro Amaro during the party's European elections campaign visit to a fair in Trancoso, Portugal,…

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Portugal’s Parliament rejects vote for 16-year-olds

Portugal’s parliament has rejected a resolution calling for an extraordinary constitutional review to establish the right to vote for 16- and 17-year-olds. The debate in the assembly saw many participants…

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Photo Story: Fatima’s 13 May annual pilgrimage

The figure of Our Lady of Fatima is carried in a procession during the 13 May annual pilgrimage to Fatima Sanctuary in Ourem, Portugal. Pilgrims travel to Fatima year round…

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Eight European countries with ambitious strategy to tackle climate change

Eight European countries - France, Belgium, Denmark, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden - have called for an ambitious strategy to tackle climate change – and to spend a…

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Ronaldo creates a comic book series

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has now created a comic book series where he turns into a superhero. The 34-year-old on Saturday released his 'Striker Force 7' series, with the Juventus forward…

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New suspect in Madeleine McCann case identified as a German man

Sky News revealed that the new suspect in the Madeleine McCann case is a German man already being investigated over alleged child sex offences He is one of two suspects…

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Paedophile identified as new suspect in Madeline McCann’s disappearance

Information about a foreign paedophile from Scotland Yard has reportedly prompted police in in Portugal to expand the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Independent reports that "officials…

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Cause of Madeira bus crash still unknown

Portuguese authorities said they still have to establish what caused a bus carrying 55 tourists, a guide and a driver rolled down a steep hillside after veering off the…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning Your morning briefing leads with a developing story of a man was arrested after entering a cathedral in New York carrying cans of fuel and lighter fluid, Germany…

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Fuel shortages across Portugal

Petrol stations across Portugal are running dry as tanker drivers began a nationwide strike over pay and conditions. Shortages have prompted queues at petrol stations across the country, while some…

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28 die in tourist bus crash in Madeira

At least 28 people dead in tourist bus crash on Portuguese island of Madeira, national news agency says. The majority of the victims of the crash, which happened on the…

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Alan Kurdi ship saga ends… migrants to be taken in by four EU countries

The Maltese government announced that more than 60 migrants stranded at sea for more than a week on the German rescue ship Alan Kurdi would be taken in by four EU…

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Woman in Portugal gives birth despite being brain-dead for three months

Despite being brain-dead for three months, a woman in Portugal gave birth to a baby boy who was named Salvador. The mother, Catarina Sequeira, was declared brain-dead after having an…

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Southern EU Countries MED7 meet in Cyprus Summit

Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is in Cyprus today for the MED7 Southern EU Countries' Summit, where leaders from the host country, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece have just…

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New customs lanes for British tourists to be introduced in Portuguese airports to prevent post-Brexit tourism slump

Portugal has announced plans to open separate customs lanes for British tourists at its airports after the UK leaves the European Union, as it seeks to prevent a post-Brexit slump…

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Deal reached brings end to saga of 49 people stranded off Maltese shores

An agreement on a deal has been reached which will bring to end the saga of a group of 49 long-suffering migrants disembarking in Malta from two NGO rescue ships…

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Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Romania ready to take persons stranded off Malta, if Malta lets them in

Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg, the Netherland and Romania are reported to have expressed their commitment to take the people stranded off Malta in the diplomatic stand-off which is seeing…

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