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- Croatian Prime Minister Sanader meets Irish PM Cowen in Dublin
DUBLIN, Oct 9 (Hina) - Ireland is looking forward to the successful settlement of the issue of the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon as soon as possible and hopes that this issue will not affect Croatia's accession negotiations with the European
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Former champions France and 2006 semi-finalists Portugal were struggling to keep their 2010 World Cup dreams on track on Saturday as Europe's major powers toiled on the rocky road to South Africa. France, the 1998 winners and runners-up just two years
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Identifiant : Mot de passe : [ Mot de passe oublié ] Petrobras and Galp Energia SGPS signed an Investment Agreement today (10/10), in Lisbon, to create a joint-venture to develop a biofuel production and marketing project. This agreement is the outcome
- Portugal to up '09 budget gap to 2.2%/GDP
budget gap to 2.2%/GDP FreshPlaza: Global Fresh Produce and Banana Portugal will raise its budget deficit goal next year to 2.2 percent of gross domestic product from 1.5 percent agreed with Brussels under the Stability and Growth Pact, Diario
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I DO not share Maurice O'Connell's historically and politically flawed analysis (Letters, September 22) that the inability of British and Irish Lisbon 'no-noes' to understand the European project is due in part to the fact that they did not share, "even
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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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Reuters - Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday.
AFP - Former champions France and 2006 semi-finalists Portugal were struggling to keep their 2010 World Cup dreams on track on Saturday as Europe's major powers toiled on the rocky road to South Africa.
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