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Portuguese union rallies thousands in anti-austerity protest
Thousands of people on Saturday rallied in the streets of Lisbon to protest rising poverty resulting from the government’s belt-tightening measures. The anti-poverty march was organised by Portugal’s leading union, the CGTP, and capped about a week of protest activities that have been held throughout the eurozone country. “Unemployment in…
Bieber cancels one of two Portugal dates
Canadian teen heartthrob Justin Bieber has cancelled one of two scheduled concerts in Portugal next week, just after completing what he admitted had been a rough week in London, promoters said Saturday. Within a few days, the 19-year-old pop sensation angered some of his fans for being late on stage,…
Thousands protest Portugal’s austerity cuts
Several thousand people took to the streets of Lisbon on Saturday to protest austerity measures demanded by international lenders in the debt-ridden country. The march, called by the main CGTP union, ended outside the presidential palace, where protesters called on conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva not to approve next year’s…
Protests begin outside Parliament after Portugal passes austerity budget
The Portuguese parliament adopted on Wednesday a 2013 austerity budget that includes draconian tax increases required by international creditors, in the teeth of swelling street protests. The country’s ruling centre-right coalition had the votes to push the budget through despite opposition from the Socialist and extreme left parties. Several thousand…
Thousands protest in Spain, Portugal against austerity cuts
Thousands of protesters in Portugal and Spain marched Saturday in fresh protests against the austerity measures their governments have imposed to tackle their debt crisis. Portuguese demonstrators staged marches that took on a festive air in the capital Lisbon and a number of other cities. In Lisbon, actors, singers, singers…
Mass anti-austerity rallies in Spain, Portugal
Mass protests in Spain and Portugal, against ever tougher austerity measures, have ramped up the pressure on Iberian governments struggling to avoid international bailouts. Tens of thousands of chanting protesters from across Spain packed the centre of Madrid on Saturday, including policemen in blue T-shirts, firemen with their red helmets,…
Officials confirm surfer caught tallest wave ever ridden
Guiness Book of World Records officials have confirmed it, the wave that surfer Garrett McNamara surfed in November of last year was the tallest ever ridden, clocking in at 78 feet tall, a foot taller than the previous record, which was set in 2008. McNamara, 44, was surfing off the…
Cyber-activists launch 80-nation campaign against illegal trash dumps
TALLINN — Cyber-environmentalists said Friday 80 countries have joined the World Cleanup 2012 campaign which will see volunteers across the globe use the Internet to target illegal trash dumps for cleanup. Portugal and Slovenia kick off the unprecedented six-month-long global anti-dumping campaign on Saturday, with Tunisia joining in Sunday. “The…
Portuguese death rate rise linked to pain of austerity program
Portugal’s health service is being forced into sweeping cuts as last May’s EU/IMF bailout terms begin to bite Maria Isabel Martins got up at 5am to catch a bus from the eastern Portuguese country town of Portalegre to see a consultant in Lisbon about her diabetes. It is a 130-mile…
Ten arrests in global child porn network
Ten people have been arrested in France, Italy, Portugal and the United States in an Italian-led inquiry into an online child porn network operating in 28 countries, investigators said Thursday. The prosecutor’s office in Florence headed the probe, nicknamed “Operation Nanny”, in coordination with the European Union’s judicial cooperation unit…
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