By Catarina Demony and Rafael Marchante Monchique, Portugal, Aug 6 : More than 1,150 firefighters battled resurging flames as huge fires swept the forested hills of Portugal’s southern Algarve tourist region today, with late winds fanning the blaze and forcing the evacuation of another village. The fire has injured 25 people and spread quickly over […]
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Portugal turns to elite firefighters to avoid repeat of forest fire tragedy
By Axel Bugge POMBAL, Portugal, July 17 : Forest fires in Portugal killed 114 people last year. Before any blaze starts this year, elite firefighters are getting ready to strike back. The government has doubled the National Republican Guard’s first strike firefighting units to 1,064 soldiers as part of a plan to shift the task […]
Police probe Portugal’s finance minister over Benfica tickets-report
By Andrei Khalip LISBON, Jan 28 : Portuguese police have searched the finance ministry in a raid local media said targeted finance chief Mario Centeno, who heads the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, over tickets he allegedly received from his favourite football club, Benfica. The prosecutor’s office confirmed Friday’s searches at the ministry but […]
Lisbon : Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Champalimaud Foundation…
Lisbon : Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Champalimaud Foundation, in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday. The Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa is also seen. /PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Portugal
Lisbon: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Portugal’s Minister of Foriegn Affairs Augusto Santos Silva, at Lisbon in Portugal on Saturday. /PTI
Portugal’s Santos says coaching career happened by chance
By Brian Homewood LISBON, May 19 : But for a chance acquaintance at a seaside hotel, Fernando Santos might well have a become an engineer rather than one of Portugal’s most celebrated soccer coaches. Santos has led his country to its only major title, coached all three of its top clubs and taken Greece to […]