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PORTO WAS full of Christmas cheer on December 14 as more than 14,000 people gathered dressed as Father Christmas to try and break the Guinness World record for number of

RUSSIA’S ADMIRAL Levchenko missile destroyer and a support ship begin a visit to Lisbon from this Friday. The Udaloy-class destroyer, which will be in the city until Monday, is part

EUROPEAN UNION leaders have agreed on a set of measures to fight global warming at a summit in Brussels chaired by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The plan sets out how

A STUDY carried out by German astronomers in Chile has confirmed that there is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy. The astronomers tracked the movement of

THE CREDIT crunch and fears of recession are causing the Portuguese to think twice before booking holidays abroad. According to the latest estimates, holiday bookings are likely to suffer a

BRITISH RESIDENTS in the northern Alentejo town of Elvas have come together to support a forgotten cemetery of British war heroes who died during the Peninsular war of 1811. The

NINE PER cent of all calls received by the emergency services INEM between January and November this year were not answered. Abílio Gomes, President of INEM, was summoned to parliament

A 70-year-old woman from India claims she has become the world’s oldest new mother after undergoing IVF treatment. Rajo Devi said that she gave birth to a baby girl at

THE UN Human Rights Declaration celebrated its 60th year on Wednesday, having been agreed in Paris on December 10, 1948. The document lists the rights to which each individual human

THE GREEK capital of Athens was hit by a major strike on Wednesday as thousands of workers marched onto the streets in protest at the government’s economic policies. Flights in