Portugal to lay off 30,000 government workers

Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 11:37

Portugal received a 78 billion euro rescue in 2011 after overspending.

Svetlana Kuznetsova enters Portugal Open quarters

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 14:08

Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova has reached the quarterfinals of the Portugal Open tennis event beating Kazakhstan`s Galina Voskoboeva.

Kuznetsova survives rough welcome in Portugal

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 09:12

Two-time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was forced to battle to a marathon 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-2 first round win at the ATP/WTA Portugal Open on Monday.

Deco backs Mourinho for Chelsea return

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 16:40

Former Portugal international midfielder Deco has backed Real Madrid coach and compatriot Jose Mourinho to return to Chelsea next season.

All convicts in Portugal child sex case jailed

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 00:50

The last three convicted members of a Portuguese paedophile ring on Thursday began serving their jail terms in a horrific child sex case that rocked Portugal, local media reported.

FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Portugal beat Azerbaijan 2-0 to keep hopes alive

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 10:42

Portugal kept their World Cup qualifying hopes alive with a vital 2-0 win over Azerbaijan in Baku to move just one point behind Group F leaders Russia.

Portugal can’t afford anymore slip-ups: Ronaldo

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 18:59

Cristiano Ronaldo has stressed that Portugal cannot afford to slip up again in the remainder of the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign if they are to make it to Brazil next year.

International lenders ease austerity demands on Portugal

Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 12:32

Portugal's efforts to balance its accounts once again earned the approval of the European Union and International Monetary Fund, which agreed to give the Iberian nation more time to meet deficit-reduction targets.

Justin Bieber cancels second concert in Portugal

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 11:01

Troubled teen star Justin Bieber has cancelled one of his two scheduled concerts in Lisbon, Portugal.

India to renegotiate investment protection pact with Portugal

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 20:52

India on Tuesday assured Portugal that it will re-negotiate the bilateral investment protection treaty once the model text for the pact is approved by the government.

India re-assures Portugal on Abu Salem case

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 17:52

India on Monday assured Portugal that it would remain compliant with the expectations of Portuguese system and judiciary on the issue of gangster Abu Salem.

Cristiano Ronaldo puts up nude portrait of himself at Spanish house

Last Updated: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 11:58

Visitors to Cristiano Ronaldo’s garish Spanish pad will not just have his grand piano, aquarium and ceiling mirrors to admire about, as the footie ace has hung a larger-than-life picture of himself naked on the wall of his home.