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Portugal’s mission to harness energy

Emily Brontë would have felt at home in the Alto Minho. The wuthering heights of Portugal’s northernmost region are as wild and exhilarating as the Yorkshire moors, a landscape of “intractable mountains, dark woods, deep valleys and dangerous ravines”, according to a monk who reached the area in the 17th century.…   read more»

Britain ‘probing corruption case against Portugal PM’

LISBON - Britain is probing allegations that Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates accepted bribes from a British building firm.…   read more»

Malia and Sasha to get a Portuguese Water Dog for the White House

Malia and Sasha Obama are planning to adopt a Portuguese Water Dog in April. …   read more»

Portugal business confidence hits record low

Portugal's economic climate indicator, which measures business confidence, slumped to a record negative reading of 2.9 in February from January's minus 2.5, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Thursday.…   read more»

Experimental fire provides knowledge about damage after forest fires

An experimental fire that was deliberately set in Portugal last Friday has provided Wageningen University researchers in the Netherlands with the first information about the soil erosion that occurs after forest fires.…   read more»