Portugal
Summary
Portugal /ˈpɔɹtʃʉɡəl/ (help·info) (Portuguese: Portugal, Mirandese: Pertual), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa; Mirandese: República Pertuesa), is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are also part of Portugal.The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has been continuously settled since prehistoric times. In 29 B.C. the territory occupied by peoples like the Gallaeci and Lusitanians was integrated in the Roman Empire as the province of Lusitania and Roman settlers strongly influenced Portuguese culture, particularly the Portuguese language, mostly derived from Latin.
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The Cyprus bailout fiasco
The major news over the weekend was the continuing incompetence of Europe's policymakers, who seem determined to make the euro crisis look as much like Great Depression II as possible. There's already 27 percent unemployment in Greece and Spain. Ireland and Portugal are at 15 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Fascism is making unsettling inroads, and Germany is.
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'Leveson without the law is meaningless' - Gerry McCann
Gerry McCann will step up the pressure on MPs today to create a new press regulator with statutory underpinning.
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Mark Forrest Show does little to calm fears over BBC local radio cuts
Insiders admit evening show broadcast on all of the BBC's local radio stations was not without teething problems.
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This week in ebooks: Kobo ramps up, Book Country goes free, Inkling gets Googled
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4th Estate Project Brings Transparency to Journalist-Source Relations
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The news media gets particularly hard hit in Greece and Spain as imposed austerity effects advertising levels
The news today on this side of The Atlantic is all about the new job figures and their possible impact on the Presidential race. But day after day the situation in Europe continues to worsen, especially in depressed countries such as Spain and Greece. Lost in the news, I fear, is the impact the depressed economies are having on the news media overseas.
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The press must keep a healthy distance from the police – for its own good
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Portugal Examines Privatizing Public Broadcaster RTP
The Portuguese government, seeking to meet austerity targets, has considered shutting down or privatizing RTP, the public broadcaster that runs two of its four main TV channels.
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