Recent News Headlines : Portugal
BEHEADINGS AS INTER-GANG JAIL RIOT LEAVES AT LEAST 10 DEAD
Inmates beheaded as at least 10 dead as rival gangs fight in brazil prison... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL HOLDS STATE FUNERAL FOR FORMER PRESIDENT MARIO SOARES
Portugal has paid its final respects to former President Mario Soares, following his death on Saturday at the age of 92... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL'S DEMOCRACY FOUNDER, MARIO SOARES, DIES AT 92
The founder of Portugal's Socialist Party, Soares spent decades in politics and spearheaded the country's entry into the European Union... READ MORE›
MA?RIO SOARES DIES AT 92; GUIDED PORTUGALA??S SHIFT TO DEMOCRACY
Mario Soares, the pugnacious Socialist leader who guided Portugal's rocky transition to democracy in the 1970s after decades of dictatorship, died on Saturday in Lisbon... READ MORE›
MARIO SOARES, PORTUGUESE LEADER WHO RESTORED DEMOCRATIC IDEALS, DIES AT 92
Mario Soares, right, with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Lisbon in 1985... READ MORE›
HOW THE UK BORDER FORCE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT VULNERABLE GIRLS BEING SUBJECTED TO FGM OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK
At 4am this Friday morning, officers from Essex police and UK Border Force set off for the Stansted airport as part of Operation Limelight. Limelight i..... READ MORE›
CRISTIANO RONALDO BEATS MESSI TO WIN FOURTH BALLON D'OR
Ronaldo, the highest-paid sportsman in the world, first won the Ballon d'Or in 2008 after Premier League and Champions League triumphs with Manchester United... READ MORE›
34 SPANIARDS DETAINED IN TENNIS MATCH-FIXING INVESTIGATION
Spanish authorities have detained 34 people, including six players, allegedly involved in a tennis match-fixing network that made more than half-a-million dollars from lower-tier tourna... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Portugal
ELEVEN COUNTRIES STUDIED, ONE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION A?? THE DRUG LAWS DONA??T WORK
The key finding of the report, written by Home Office civil servants, lies in a comparison of Portugal and the Czech Republic, both countries where personal use is decriminalised... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL TO LEVY SUGAR TAX ON SOFT DRINKS IN 2017
World health organisation urges all countries to tax sugary drinks... READ MORE›
HOW A LISBON STARTUP HELPS SPEED YOU THROUGH JFK AND HEATHROW
--As told to Joao Lima One of our pilot systems was in Faro, in southern Portugal... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL EX-PM JOSE SOCRATES TO BE HELD AMID CORRUPTION PROBE
Mr Socrates resigned in 2011 in the midst of Portugal's mounting debt crisis... READ MORE›
GERMANY HAS SOME OF THE WORLD'S STRICTEST GUN LAWS, BUT ILLEGAL WEAPONS REMAIN A THREAT
Most mass shootings in Europe that are not associated with international terror groups have been carried out with legally obtained weapons... READ MORE›
SPAIN TRAIN CRASH CAUSES 'DEATHS AND INJURIES'
Spain train crash leads to deaths in Galicia... READ MORE›
BRITISH HOLIDAYMAKER 'TRIED TO SWIM TO CRUISE LINER WHEN IT LEFT PORT' IN PORTUGAL
Mrs Brown, a popular figure at her local church in Dorset, was being treated for severe hypothermia yesterday... READ MORE›
SPENCER STONE: TRAIN HERO HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO JOIN THE MILITARY
Mr Stone is currently assigned to the 65th Air Base Group at Lajes Air Base in the Azores, and his commanding officers praised his actions... READ MORE›
INDIA TRAIN 'SELFIE' KILLS THREE STUDENTS
They were moving on one track taking photographs, they saw the train on the Delhi-Mathura line and shifted to the other line... READ MORE›
SPAIN MULLS END OF DUBBED ACTORS ON TV TO BOOST NATION'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS
Dubbing has a long tradition in Spanish entertainment, playing a role in effective censorship of foreign films during Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime, between 1939 and 1975... READ MORE›
DEADLY FIRES WREAK CHAOS ON PORTUGUESE ISLAND OF MADEIRA
The police have arrested two people in an inquiry into whether the Madeira fires were started deliberately... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL ON COLLISION COURSE WITH EU AS CENTRE-RIGHT GOVERNMENT FALLS AFTER 11 DAYS
Leftist anti-austerity forces wait in the wings after bringing down shortest government in portugal's history... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL TIGHTENS ABORTION LAWS, FORCING WOMEN TO PAY TO END PREGNANCIES
Portugal tightens abortion laws, forcing women to pay to end pregnancies... READ MORE›
FORMER HEAD OF COLLAPSED PORTUGUESE BANK BES PUT UNDER HOUSE ARREST
The authorities have also seized property belonging to the Espirito Santo family, Portugal's last banking dynasty, and its financiers... READ MORE›
THE STORY OF MANUEL COLAA?O DIAS, SOLE VICTIM OF THE STADE DE FRANCE BLASTS
He did not want to work that night, but nonetheless agreed to the job, said his son, Michael Dias... READ MORE›
MISSING HER HUSBAND, WOMAN TRIES TO SWIM AFTER CRUISE SHIP LEAVING PORTUGAL
A 65-year-old British tourist has been rescued after swimming about 500 metres in the Atlantic Ocean, following the cruise ship she believed was carrying her husband... READ MORE›
THREE PENSIONERS KILLED AS MAJOR FOREST FIRES SWEEP ACROSS MADEIRA
Forest fires are not unusual in Portugal during the hot summer months... READ MORE›
ASSECO POLAND TO BUY PORTUGAL'S EXICTOS FOR $24 MILLION
Asseco Poland, Eastern Europe's largest software maker, has agreed to buy 61.4 percent of Portugal-based rival Exictos for 21.5 million euros 24 million, strengthening its position in Africa,... READ MORE›
GIANT JELLYFISH ARE TAKING OVER OUR BEACHES AGAIN
Due to the sheer number of giant translucent creatures taking over beaches may need to shutdown... READ MORE›
BELGIUM'S PM MICHEL CALLS FOR A EUROPEAN CIA
The Belgian prime minister has suggested Europe needs a central intelligence agency to reinforce and coordinate its anti-terrorist operations... READ MORE›
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT IS OUSTED BY LEFT-WING ALLIANCE
Portugal's budget deficit in 2010 was more than 10 percent but the European Union estimates it will be around 3 percent by the end of this year... READ MORE›
PARIS POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNONS IN EURO CUP FAN ZONE
Paris police report there were clashes with young troublemakers underneath the Eiffel Tower and that police used tear gas to disperse them... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL FACES A POLITICAL CRISIS, BUT IT'S THE SAME ONE FACING GOVERNMENTS EVERYWHERE
Paulo Portas C, leader of the Popular party PP, arrives for a meeting with Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva not pictured in Lisbon, Oct... READ MORE›
10 UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
8 Ukraine Ukrainian Christmas trees are traditionally decorated with a fake spider and web... READ MORE›
EURO 2016: PORTUGAL BEAT FRANCE TO LIFT EUROPEAN TITLE
Portugal secured their first major international title despite losing captain Cristiano Ronaldo to injury in the first half... READ MORE›
CENTRE-RIGHT CANDIDATE WINS PORTUGAL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Rebelo de Sousa's expected win suggested voters were looking for a counterweight to the centre-left government... READ MORE›
BREAKTHROUGH FOR POLICE AS TEN BREAK-INS AT HOLIDAY APARTMENTS PROBED
Madeleine McCann Breakthrough for police as ten break-ins at holiday apartments probed... READ MORE›
MANHUNT FOR SHOOTER AFTER 11 KILLED ON CAPE VERDE
Cape Verde Television reported that police found eight Kalashnikovs and ammunition in an abandoned car after the shootings... READ MORE›
TV PUNDIT FAVOURITE TO WIN PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
A well-known TV political analyst from the centre-right known as Professor Marcelo is the strong favourite to become Portugal's next president in Sunday's vote... READ MORE›
PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILS IN SPAIN, KILLING 3
A passenger train derailed Friday in Spaina??s northwestern Galicia region, killing three people and injuring several others, authorities said... READ MORE›