Portugal

Sci-Tech

Lisbon hosts Web Summit

More than 50.

14/11/2016

Economy

Portugal tries for a budget balance between deficit and austerity

Portugal's Socialist minority government has unveiled a 2017 budget intended to reduce the deficit, but also roll back some austerity measures.

14/10/2016

Sport

Alinghi wins third straight Act to take Extreme Sailing Series to wire

The Extreme Sailing Series will go all the way to the wire after in-form Swiss crew Alinghi won Act 7 to move just two points behind leaders Oman Air in the overall standing with one stop of the tour…

12/10/2016

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Taxi drivers demonstrate in Lisbon

Portuguese taxi drivers took to the streets of Lisbon to rally against driving companies such as Uber and Cabify, which are not covered by the same tax, training and safety regulations as the city’s r

11/10/2016

Portugal

Portugal: Taxi drivers protest against Uber

Tempers flared in Portugal on Monday as traditional taxi drivers protested against government moves to regulate ride-hailing apps like Uber, accusing them of unfair…

10/10/2016

Portugal

Guterres "grateful and humble" for UN nomination

The former Portuguese Prime Minister is a step closer to being officially invested as the next Secretary General of the United Nations.

06/10/2016

Portugal

Guterres cleared to face the final UN hurdle

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is a step closer to being officially invested as the next UN Secretary General after receving the official recommendation of the Security Council.

06/10/2016

Sport

Portugal's Douro Valley hosts Eurovision Sports Games

The Douro Valley is world famous for the Porto wine and September is a crucial month.

10/09/2016

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Residents evacuated from Algarve villages

People have been evacuated from three villages in the Algarve region in southern Portugal, including a holiday resort, as hundreds of firefighters continued to battle wildfires across the country on…

09/09/2016

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Scientists fear deep-sea mining

Scientists fear that even before one of the last frontiers of exploration, the ocean deep, has been properly studied it will already have been exploited by commercial deep-sea mining looking for rare

05/09/2016

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Takeaway: sea mining

Deep ocean floor has never been mined for resources That is about to change Mining companies may launch deep-sea mining by 2018 Environmental consequences remain unknown Researchers are rushing to fil

05/09/2016

Portugal

Portugal braces itself for diplomatic row with Iraq over brutal attack

Portugal’s government is considering asking Iraq to remove its diplomatic immunity from the sons of its ambassador after they allegedly attacked a 15-year-old…

22/08/2016

Portugal

Portuguese firefighters continue to battle wildfires

Firefighters have been battling wildfires for more than a week in Portugal.

15/08/2016

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Madeira: Drone footage shows destruction and devastation from the fire.

3,200 hectares burned, which corresponds to almost one-third of the area of the entire county.

15/08/2016

Portugal

Portugal's 'worst week' for wildfire damage

Portugal has been battling wildfires for more than a week.

14/08/2016

Portugal

Fighting wildfires in Portugal and Spain

Russian aircraft start operations to extinguish wildfires in Portugal

13/08/2016

World

School rankings in the spotlight

What makes a school good or bad? And what can be done to turn around a failing school?

12/08/2016

Portugal

Portugal fires: Wildfires rage on mainland as Madeira counts cost

Flames on the tourist island of Madeira have made headlines worldwide but Portugal’s mainland is also being ravaged by a wave of more than 100 wildfires.

12/08/2016

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Portugal is fighting against fire

The fire that mobilizes more resources is in Águeda, Aveiro district.

11/08/2016

Portugal

Fierce battle against raging wildfires continues in Portugal

Wildfires continue to rage across Portugal. Thousands of firefighters have been battling at least 300 blazes. Twelve of those have been classified as major or large.

11/08/2016

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Portugal: Additional help called in as wildfires rage on

Wildfires continue to rage in Portugal.

10/08/2016

Portugal

Portugal : Firefighters association blames politicians

The story is the same each year.

10/08/2016

Portugal

Three dead and many evacuated in Madeira wildfires

At least three people have been killed and about 1,000 evacuated after wildfires engulfed parts of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira.

10/08/2016

Portugal

Wildfires in Portugal's Madeira Island force hundreds from their homes

More than 400 people have been forced to leave their homes on the Portuguese island of Madeira because of wildfires.

09/08/2016

Portugal

Wildfires lay waste to mainland Portugal and Madeira

The authorities say around 3,000 firefighters, the majority of them volunteers, are trying to extinguish hundreds of forest fires across the country.

09/08/2016

Portugal

Northern Portugal declares forest fire emergency

Thousands of firefighters are deployed as forecasters say the risk for the north of the country until Wednesday is "very high" or at its "maximum".

08/08/2016