Tag: Portugal

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Royal Marine rows across the Atlantic, Portugal to Cayenne, in sixty days

  

  A Royal Marine who lost a leg in an accident has completed the fastest unsupported solo row across the Atlantic, sending a powerful message that no person should be defined by their disability. Lee Spencer, 49, finished the epic voyage in 60 days, breaking the able-bodied crossing record by 36 days. In doing so he became the first physically disabled person to row from continent to continent.

• Friday, March 1st 2019 - 13:05 UTC

  Maduro moves PDVSA office to Moscow to avoid sanctions

  

  Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the central office of state oil company PDVSA in Europe, located in Lisbon, will move to Moscow to guarantee the security of the country's assets abroad, which were delivered to the Venezuelan Parliament in other countries.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Spain, Portugal and Morocco interested in hosting the 2030 World Cup

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in Rabat that he had pitched the idea of a joint bid between his country, Portugal and Morocco to host the 2030 World Cup.

• Sunday, July 1st 2018 - 15:34 UTC

  Uruguay sends CR7’s Portugal home by 2-1

  

  Uruguay has passed this Saturday to the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia after beating Portugal 2-1.

• Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  Iran's coach strongly questions the Video Assistant Referee at the Russia World Cup

  

  The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) used in the Russia World Cup has been praised by many, but also strongly criticized by some. One of those who does not see the benefit of VAR is Iran’s coach, Carlos Queiroz. The Portuguese-born manager says the new system has not only created confusion but also, according to him, taken the game away from the fans.

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:49 UTC

  Portugal, India, Indonesia and Spain win UNWTO awards for tourism innovation

  

  Turismo de Portugal I.P (Portugal), Ecotourism Trust (India), Tryponyu (Indonesia) and SEGGITUR (Spain) are the winners of the 14th Edition of the UNWTO Awards for Innovation in Tourism. Fourteen projects among 128 applicants from 55 countries were selected as finalists of the 14th UNWTO Awards for Innovation in Tourism.

• Monday, June 19th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  Portugal Forest Fire costs 62 lives and fight not over yet

  

  Over 1,700 firefighters continued to battled a large-scale forest fire Monday in Portugal that has already killed 62 people. Prime Minister Antonio Costa on Sunday declared three days of national mourning. Number of fatalities feared to rise. There are also 61 people injured, five of them in critical condition - four firemen and one child.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2017 - 18:38 UTC

  Macri hosts Portuguese PM in BA to boost bilateral ties

  

  Antonio Costa arrived in the Argentine capital on Monday to launch a Federal Mining Plan and take part in a business forum at the Foreign Ministry, among other activities.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 11:05 UTC

  Portugal pledges in Brazil to promote Mercosur/EU trade agreement

  

  Brazilian president Michel Temer said that Portugal and Spain are determined to help speed trade negotiations between Mercosur and the European Union. Temer made the announcement on hosting Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa who was on a brief visit to Brazil for the Community of Portuguese Language Countries summit in Brasilia.

• Friday, January 30th 2015 - 19:46 UTC

  Another contender for Blatter's FIFA job, Figo: “time for transparency”

  

  Former Portugal star Luis Figo has announced he will stand for the FIFA presidency. The 42-year-old revealed his intentions in an interview with CNN, a day before the FIFA deadline for candidacies.