Latest Portugal Government & Politics News
- Goa to appoint NRIs to state boards, corporations 25 Jul 2008 07:36 GMT
... this honour to expatriates,'' Eduardo Faleiro, former minister of state for external affairs and currently ... annual Global Goans Convention, said the state government was wooing back expatriates with a variety ... countries. We held the first convention in Portugal last year. Hopefully, we will meet in ...
- Brazil Discovers Olive Oil 25 Jul 2008 06:35 GMT
... million. Of this total, 54% came from Portugal. And the forecast is for growth to ... between 10 and 20 kilograms. The Brazilian government made a point of offering a first-class ... a first-class welcome to the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Salaheddine Al-Bashir, in his visit to Brasília. ...
- » Cops find ETA explosives 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... Police have found over 100 kilos of explosives in ... reported. Several detonators, along with French and Portuguese vehicle licence plates, were found along with ... by the cell to kidnap a Basque politician belonging to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez ...
- TIMELINE - Brown's first 13 months as PM 25 Jul 2008 05:47 GMT
... as prime minister he will renew the government and learn lessons from the war in ... lead over them has evaporated. summit in Portugal because of presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. ... Mugabe. February 18, 2008 - Brown faces political and public criticism of his handling of ...
- The week that was: July 21-25 25 Jul 2008 05:47 GMT
... way for talks on forming a power-sharing government. Obama urges unity on visit to Berlin ... denied that he has sacked his finance minister and in remarks aimed at New Zealand, ... backing Mahendra Chaudhry as next prime minister. Portugal drops Madeleine case Portugal's public prosecutor has ...
- Road deaths pile up 25 Jul 2008 05:07 GMT
... to this, a 2006 European Conference of Ministers of Transport report said that with 152 ... deaths by as much as 43 percent. Portugal, too, has had good recent results." Aris Stathakis, ... New Democracy MP who has built his political career on the issue of road safety, responded ...
- Isn't Africa Facing a New Cold War With Tsvangirai As Savimbi? 25 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT
... The Human Rights Watch insists the ICC should quiz ... by the British, Americans, Belgians, French and Portuguese of nationalist African leaders including Patrice Lumumba, ... evidence that China is currently helping Sudan's government militarily in Darfur". Yet, China's real crime ...
- Babble Rouser 25 Jul 2008 04:45 GMT
... the world, corruption is rife, and the government recently threatened to seize 130 cell towers ... in 27 countries and territories). Combining shrewd political instincts, a relentless drive to cut costs ... European countries, a golf resort community in Portugal, a plane lessor with a fleet of 93 ...
- SOUTH AFRICA TO REVISIT ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS WITH EU 25 Jul 2008 03:30 GMT
... taking place in the context of ongoing political dialogue under the auspices of the SA-EU Strategic ... of discussions took place during six SA-EU Ministerial Troika meetings since November 2004. EPAs are ... last African-EU Summit in December 2007 in Portugal, South Africa felt the trade agreements favoured Europe ...
- Serbian gov't decides to reinstate ambassadors to EU countries 25 Jul 2008 03:29 GMT
... Serbia's new government decided on Thursday to reinstate its ambassadors ... to join the 27-country bloc, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told reporters after Thursday's meeting ... did not recognize Kosovo -- Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain. Jeremic announced the ...
- Farming the Sun in The Sahara 25 Jul 2008 02:20 GMT
... plan has even been endorsed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the UK and France's ... of solar power by 2010. Spain and Portugal have also invested heavily in developing solar ... despotic regimes of the Middle East. The Government could convert land set aside for 'corn-syrup' ...
- Friday, August 1 25 Jul 2008 01:49 GMT
... Republic of Switzerland. It is the oldest government still in existence. 1560 - Scotland's Parliament abolishes papal jurisdiction and approves a Calvinistic ... River. 1808 - British troops land in Portugal to help oust French forces, succeeding a ...
- Spanish police find over 100 kilos of ETA explosives: reports 24 Jul 2008 23:37 GMT
... Spanish police find over 100 kilos of ETA explosives: ... reported. Several detonators, along with French and Portuguese vehicle license plates, were found along with ... by the cell to kidnap a Basque politician belonging to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez ...
- Fortress Iran is Virtually Impregnable to a Successful Invasion 24 Jul 2008 23:27 GMT
... hmmm.... Take a look at George's latest Geopolitical Monograph on Iran in the Special Edition ... France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal - Western Europe. Iran is the 16th most ... the Iranian oil industry, the result of government policies. But there is a deeper geographic ...
- Vexing complications prevent well-endowed Angola from reaching its enormous potential 24 Jul 2008 23:24 GMT
... those with direct links to the Angolan government, or the Angolan army, succeed in doing ... concessions appear to be based largely on political influence. ‘People of Lunda Norte not Dogs ... Taiwan, France, Chile, South Africa, South Korea, Portugal and Brazil. Angola has signed investment agreements with ...
- Chávez allies with Lukashensko against US hegemony 24 Jul 2008 17:39 GMT
... calls a US threat to Venezuela. In Portugal President Chávez arrived in Lisboa on Wednesday at ... agreements and to strengthen relations with the government of Portuguese Socialist Prime Minister José Sócrates. Chávez met ...
- Chile Power Use to Stagnate for 1st Time Since '82, Tokman Says 24 Jul 2008 16:49 GMT
... July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Chile's energy consumption will stop growing ... and solar technology to find alternatives. The government's main hope of becoming self-sufficient in energy ... of the South American continent named after Portuguese discoverer Ferdinand Magellan who used it to ...
- Serbian envoys return to EU posts 24 Jul 2008 16:48 GMT
... Belgrade - The Serbian government decided Thursday to return its envoys pulled ... to "a capitulation" by Serbia. Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic recommended the move as an ... did not recognize Kosovo - Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain - and Serbia ...
- Angola: CPLP Ministers Council Meeting Starts 24 Jul 2008 15:45 GMT
... of the Council of Ministers of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) started this Thursday ... (CPLP) started this Thursday morning, in Lisbon, Portugal, with highlight to the discussion of the ... seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government, to happen on Friday and shall be ...
- CPLP Ministers Council Meeting Starts 24 Jul 2008 15:36 GMT
... of the Council of Ministers of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) started this Thursday ... (CPLP) started this Thursday morning, in Lisbon, Portugal, with highlight to the discussion of the ... seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government, to happen on Friday and shall be ...
- Open Letter to H. E. Mr. Gurjit Singh, Ambassador of India in Abyssinia (Fake ´Ethiopia´) 24 Jul 2008 15:00 GMT
... Open Letter to H. E. Mr. Gurjit Singh, Ambassador ... for Human Rights, and utter historical and political fallacy? Your Excellency, If Mohandas Gandhi was ... Abyssinian state, which was saved by the Portuguese. The great historical Annals under the title ...
- Storm clouds gather over Spain 24 Jul 2008 14:55 GMT
... crisis now affecting the whole country". Finance minister Pedro Solbes agrees. Blaming oil prices, the ... sent inflation to 5%. What's more, the government has been forced to cut its 2008 ... for debt issued by Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain have jumped. These countries' governments ...
- Angola/Portugal: CPLP Ministers Council Meeting Starts 24 Jul 2008 13:53 GMT
... of the Council of Ministers of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) started this Thursday ... (CPLP) started this Thursday morning, in Lisbon, Portugal, with highlight to the discussion of the ... seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government, to happen on Friday and shall be ...
- Statehouse Roundup -- Legislators pick up the pace 24 Jul 2008 12:47 GMT
... interest payments and quickly escalated into a political donnybrook. For those faithless skeptics not taking ... which he sponsors, because he was in Portugal. The Taunton Democrat had requested a delay while ... which is hosted by the Azores Regional Government and the Luso-American Development Foundation. The redrafted ...
- South Africa: Country to Revisit Economic Agreements With EU 24 Jul 2008 10:56 GMT
... taking place in the context of ongoing political dialogue under the auspices of the SA-EU Strategic ... of discussions took place during six SA-EU Ministerial Troika meetings since November 2004. EPAs are ... last African-EU Summit in December 2007 in Portugal, South Africa felt the trade agreements favoured Europe ...
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