Tag: Portugal government

EU leaders attend summit in person for 1st time this year

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LISBON, Portugal — On the list of things not to do during a pandemic, holding big international gatherings is close to the top. ...

Portugal poised to lift more restrictions as pandemic ebbs

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LISBON, Portugal — Six weeks after starting to gradually ease an extended pandemic lockdown, Portugal has kept a lid on the spread of COVID-19...

Fugitive Italian mobster is arrested in Lisbon COVID clinic

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ROME — A Italian fugitive, convicted in his homeland of ordering the revenge killing of a mobster’s wife, was arrested in Portugal on Monday...

Senior European official challenges Portugal over racism

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LISBON, Portugal — A senior European human rights official is sounding the alarm about a rise in racism and discrimination in Portugal. ...

Top Portugal court nixes euthanasia law, says it’s imprecise

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LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s Constitutional Court on Monday blocked a law passed by parliament introducing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and gravely...

Portugal’s euthanasia law goes for constitutional review

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LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s president on Thursday asked the country’s Constitutional Court to evaluate a recent law passed by parliament that allows euthanasia and...