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- Ronaldo vows to justify price tag
Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo insists the world record Ł80m fee that Real Madrid paid Manchester United for his services is a "fair price".
- Securing of Lisbon guarantees shows the value of taking risks
Brian Cowen was right to stick his neck out at EU level, where great flexibility was shown, writes GARRET FITZGERALD . LAST WEEK I wrote about the contrast between our record of considerable success in the foreign policy area, contrasting this with our
- Rejecting Lisbon Treaty 'not the end of the world'
Lord Blackwell writes for ePolitix.com appealing for the government to reconsider holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, ahead of his Lords question on Monday. When Parliament voted through the Lisbon Treaty last year, the government rebuffed calls
- YPF/Petrobras/GALP to explore for oil in Uruguayan waters
A consortium made up of YPF/Repsol, Petrobras Uruguay and GALP from Portugal has won a bid to explore for oil in two offshore blocks near the coast of Uruguay, according to industry reports late Wednesday. YPF will operate a deep water block and
- HRH Princess Chulabhorn to visit Spain, Portugal [2009-07-03]
(NNT) - Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn will pay a royal visit to the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic from 9 to 17 July 2009 and from 17 to 25 July 2009, respectively. During the visit to the Kingdom of Spain, HRH Princess Chulabhorn
- Ryanair to open 33rd base at Porto, Portugal
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said on Thursday that it is opening its 33rd base at Porto, Portugal, with two based aircraft and four new routes from the airport. Ryanair will be offering 50 daily return flights, on a total of 16 routes, to and from
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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the loss of its Brazilian colony in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal entered the EC in 1985.
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