Fitch cuts Portugal rating to junk status
Rating agency Fitch downgraded Portugal's rating to junk status on Thursday, citing large fiscal imbalances, high debts and large fiscal imbalances.read more
View ArticleMissing girl Madeleine McCann may be 'still alive'
Missing British girl Madeleine McCann, who vanished during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, may still be alive, police said Wednesday.
View ArticleSurfer sets Guinness record riding 78-foot wave
Guinness World Records says Hawaii's Garrett McNamara, 44, rode the biggest wave ever with a 78-footer off the coast of Portugal.read more
View ArticleInsight: Portugal toughs it out as austerity bites
To every Portuguese, the town of Grandola is a cradle of the 1974 revolution that ended decades of dictatorship, but nowadays it is hard to find even a spark of revolt here against the worst economic...
View ArticleSpain 0 (4), Portugal 0 (2), Penalty Kicks: Euro 2012: Spain Defeats Portugal...
Spain and Portugal were locked in a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime, but when it came down to penalty kicks La Furia Roja prevailed.
View ArticleChina’s rise isn’t squeezing Europe as much as you’d think
Some countries are hard-hit, like Portugal, Greece, and Italy in the case of textiles, but most countries actually come out ahead. So is rising Chinese productivity good? To quote Sam Shakusky, who’s...
View ArticleThousands protest austerity cuts in Spain, Portugal
Tens of thousands of Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries' capitals Saturday to protest enduring deep economic pain from austerity cuts.read more
View ArticleMerkel lauds crisis-hit Portugal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel praises Portugal's resolve in tackling its debt crisis, but faces angry anti-austerity protesters in Lisbon.
View ArticlePain bites into Portuguese life as crisis deepens
Serving a frugal lunch in their kitchen not much bigger than a bathroom, Pedro and Elena Baptista spoon stewed chicken feet onto their boiled potatoes and leave the slightly meatier wings for their...
View ArticlePortugal, Ireland Win Bailout Concessions
EU finance ministers agreed to allow Portugal and Ireland to repay their bailout loans later than initially agreed, in a bid to help the two governments wean themselves off bailout money in the coming...
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