LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Friday handed same-sex couples the right to adopt the children or foster children of one partner, a partial victory for equality campaigners that fell short of their call for full adoption rights. The co-adoption law scraped through with a majority of just five votes in the 230-seat Lisbon assembly, prompting long applause from the gallery. Nine ...
Portugal's Parliament has passed a law allowing same-sex married couples to adopt their partners' children, but lawmakers rejected legislation granting gay couples the same adoption rights as heterosexuals.
Portugal has collected 1.75 billion euros ($2.3 billion) in a debt auction, with a sharp drop in interest rates providing further evidence that market confidence in the bailed-out country is returning. ...
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Portugal's government said on Sunday its EU and IMF lenders had concluded work on the latest bailout review, indicating there were no outstanding obstacles for Lisbon to receive the next 2 billion euro ...
SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal, May 16 (UPI) -- Lloyd Saltman fired nine birdies and shot 8-under-par 64 Thursday in taking the first-round lead at the European Tour's Madeira Islands Open in Portugal.
Portugal's Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) shrank by 3.9 percent in the first quarter of this year as the heavily indebted country sunk further into recession, the national statistics institute INE said on Wednesday.
SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal (AP) -- Lloyd Saltman of Scotland shot an 8-under 64 to match his best round Thursday, taking a two-shot lead after the first day of the Madeira Islands Open.