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Buy yourself a dictator-inspired trinket when you visit the tourist hotspots popular amongst nostalgists from the western and southern European right - overview
Is Europe acting fast enough to halt irreversible biodiversity loss?
A linguist and voyager, the Italian painter transported her Jewish origins from the United States to Portugal, where her multiple identities are exhibited by a flourishing brushstroke
The British short-story writer, 41, cites Italo Calvino and Raymond Queneau as his influences, discusses literature, lipograms and Iberia - and why the boy from Wales only publishes in certain languages
The living conditions in the north Portuguese mountaintops of S. Pedro do Sul have hardly changed in hundreds of years. Bit by bit, however, the uniting, modernising world is moving in, and the children are moving out
Portuguese no to reform treaty referendum, the pan-EU music marketplace and Sarkozy’s press conference
Who’s selling? Who’s buying? Who’s organising? Run-down of the unjustified creative pessimism in the Portuguese capital
28% of Portuguese and 45% of Spaniards want to unify Spain and Portugal
The French and Spanish joke goes that Portuguese women have moustaches
General De Gaulle in France, Churchill in the UK. The Portuguese have voted the founder and leader of the authoritarian regime the 'greatest ever figure in Portuguese history'
The Portuguese and current president of the European Commission could be re-elected after his mandate expires in June 2009
Watch the video of the current president of the European Commission when he was a student leader in 1975
The facts speak for themselves in southern Europe, where 'disciplined' soldiers are forced to shut up and sign their contracts
Journey to the southwest of the European continent in quest of ancient villages and avant-garde buildings
Despite a slow start to the summer weatherwise, Europe’s festivals – even outdoor festivals – are in full blossom. THE event overwiew for August
From 1 July, Portugal assume the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, taking over a job well done from Germany
Anti-abortion associations are ‘lobbies’ in many countries, with their demands being heard all over Europe. Conservative, traditional values come first
The February 11 referendum on the decriminalisation of abortion has garnered mixed reactions
Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal, on the European dream, a constitution revival and feeling Portugese
Homer's hero is now travelling the length and breadth of the world wide web. With Germany’s six month presidency in full swing, the Goethe Institute has designed a virtual journey for artists. How is Europe searching for itself?
The controversial new film offering from Portuguese director Teresa Villaverde premieres in France on December 27
From the 3 to 5 November, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries will meet in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the 16th Ibero-American summit
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