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Thousands of Portuguese rallied in Lisbon on Saturday, calling for the resignation of the government whose austerity policies they claimed have exacerbated the country's recession.
Portuguese author Miguel Sousa Tavares has landed himself in hot water after calling the president a clown. His jibe made the front page of the leading financial daily, where he said the country didn’t need a figure like Italian comedian-turned politician Beppe Grillo, saying 'We already have a clown, his name is Cavaco Silva'.
'Já temos um palhaço. Ele se chama Cavaco Silva' disse escritor a jornal. Presidente entrou com processo de 'ofensa à honra ao chefe de Estado'.
'Nous avons déjà un clown. Il s'appelle [Anibal] Cavaco Silva'. Cette phrase, qui s'étale vendredi à la 'une' du quotidien économique Jornal de Negocios, a été prononcée par le journaliste et écrivain Miguel Sousa Tavares.
An exhibition in Paris shows 20 years of work by a Haitian photojournalist who documented Portuguese immigrants as they made their way north.
'It is not excluded that it will be necessary to ask for further revision for 2014', Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said in parliament.
With the not too distant coastline, the meandering hills and the incredible and colorful architecture, Sintra is virtually heaven on earth.
Portugal rolled out a new fiscal incentive for companies on Thursday, saying it will allow a 20 percent tax deduction on investments of up to 5 million euros to help drag the bailed-out economy out of a deep recession.
Nível de endividamento da empresa piorou nos últimos 12 meses; Oi é responsável por mais de € 3,3 bilhões em dívidas.
Portugal's embattled Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, fiercely criticised for his austerity policies, wants nothing more than to resign from his job, the Premier's father said in an interview published on Wednesday.
As José Mourinho prepares to leave Real Madrid, Pete Jenson recounts the crazy moments that can only belong to 'The Special One'.
The latest draconian measures to shore up the Portuguese economy will make matters worse and the government should break the agreement with the IMF and European Union or obtain better terms, an opinion poll found on Monday.
Football's worst kept secret finally revealed as Real Madrid confirm Jose Mourinho will leave club at end of the season.
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In the Anglo-Saxon world, the knockabout of politics comes with the territory. In the United States, it’s easy to imagine Barack Obama shrugging his shoulders were a heckler to use the clown epithet. Obama's been called a lot worse. But in Portugal, thin-skinned politicians in high office have the force of law to back them up.
Austerity measures proposed by the Portuguese government would hit pensioners hard if they go into effect. But rather than setting off a generational conflict, they are uniting protesters against the cuts.
Portuguese author and journalist Miguel Sousa Tavares is under investigation for calling President Anibal Cavaco Silva 'a clown' in an interview.
The French League 1 newcomers confirmed Portugal's Moutinho, 26, and Colombia's Rodriguez, 21, have signed five-year deals.
Interview with Carlos Vaz Marques, editor of Granta Portugal, on their first issue, which features five new sonnets by Fernando Pessoa.
FC Porto says it has struck a deal worth a combined 70 million euros ($90 million) with Monaco for midfield duo James Rodriguez and João Moutinho.
Portugal’s Finance Ministry said the government posted a wider deficit in the four months through April after spending rose more than tax revenue.
President Anibal Cavaco Silva thanked Portugal's patron saint for a long-delayed approval of Lisbon's bailout review last week, but the head of state could claim a share of the credit for himself.
The Portuguese government plans to tap nearly all of its state-owned pension fund to ease it over the hump of a hefty EUR27.5bn of financing needs over the next two years, according to domestic news reports.
Portuguese dairy producers can start exporting their products to China, the Portuguese Agriculture Minister said in Lisbon Tuesday after signing an agreement with the Chinese government.
Cela fait de nombreuses années que le journaliste portugais Frederico Duarte de Carvalho enquête sur cet affaire dont il a d’ailleurs fait un livre : 'Camarate, Sá Carneiro e as armas para o Irão' ('Camarate, Sá Carneiro et des armes pour l’Iran'), publié en décembre dernier, et dans lequel il tente de réunir toutes les pièces du puzzle menant à la soirée fatidique du 4 décembre 1980. Le témoignage de José Esteves vient étayer un certain nombre de ses thèses.
The heads of Portugal’s biggest banks Millenium BCP and Banco Espirito Santo, have called on European leaders to stop 'playing with fire' and alarming depositors in Eurozone economies.
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