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Portugal ‘08 tourism income hits record high

Portugal's tourism income hit a record high of 7.5 billion euros ($9.45 billion) in 2008, in spite of the economic crisis that started in the second half of the year, the economy ministry said on Thursday.…   read more»

Carpenter makes Vespa out of Wood

A Portuguese carpenter has made a fully working Vespa scooter out of wood. …   read more»

Portugal’s Offer to Take in Gitmo Inmates

France and Finland are thinking it over. Spain has balked because of legal ramifications. Belgium and Austria have curtly concluded that America should clean up its own mess.…   read more»

Portugal tourism up in 2008, but slowing sharply

Portugal's hotel sector saw a 13 percent slump in the number of foreign tourists in December as the world economic crisis clipped travellers' wings, but for all of 2008 it still eked out 1 percent growth in arrivals.…   read more»

Edward and Sophie, Portugal’s PM… and a £4m corruption row over giant shopping mall built by Brit

The Earl and Countess of Wessex have been caught up in an alleged corruption scandal surrounding a discount shopping complex in Portugal.…   read more»