Portugal - Economic Meltdowns

LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese workers' general strike halted public transport and some factories in many parts of the country on Thursday and thousands marched to protest against austerity measures imposed as the price of an EU/IMF bailout.The 78 billion euro ($100 billion) ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese workers went on strike on Thursday, halting public transport and factories in many parts of the country to protest against harsh austerity measures imposed as the price of an EU/IMF bailout.The rescue funds are designed to keep Portugal ...

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Portugal asked Mexico on Saturday to tell fellow G20 members next week that the United States should offer "financial help" to resolve the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, describing it as a "systemic and global" problem, a Portuguese government ...

(Reuters) - Standard & Poor's will likely lower the credit standing of five European nations, including top-rated France, by one or two notches if the region slips into recession and government borrowings increase, the rating agency said in a report.The stress-test report ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Banks in France, Italy and across Europe are under renewed scrutiny for signs they will follow Dexia and need state help as policymakers talk up the need to raise capital to halt a euro zone crisis.The bailout of Belgian-French ...

(Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros has warned Europe's debt crisis risks triggering another Great Depression unless euro zone leaders adopt a series of radical policy measures, including the creation of a common treasury.Soros, in an article for the New York Review ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday called on European leaders to make a powerful response to economic crises rippling across Europe.During a visit to Madrid she also praised reforms by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to revive the ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal holds a snap general election on Sunday, which could end months of political and economic turmoil as the next government gets down to enacting tough austerity under a 78-billion-euro bailout.Polls indicate the opposition center-right Social Democrats (PSD) will ...

Portugal football star Cristiano Ronaldo is to join Spain to help ease his nation's debt crisis and Britain is to begin taxing fresh air, newspapers reported in their April Fools' Day editions.According to the Independent broadsheet, Real Madrid winger Ronaldo has agreed ...

Portugal football star Cristiano Ronaldo is to join Spain to help ease his nation's debt crisis and Britain is to begin taxing fresh air, British newspapers reported in their April Fools' Day editions.According to the Independent broadsheet, Real Madrid winger Ronaldo has ...

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Topic: Portugal

Thousands of Portuguese workers protest against cuts

Portuguese strike against bailout austerity

Portugal wants U.S. help in euro crisis: source

S&P likely to cut ratings of France, others if economies crash

As Europe bank recap talk builds, who needs it?

European treasury needed to avoid Depression: Soros

Clinton urges strong Europe action on debt crisis

Portugal votes under bailout cloud, centre-right ahead

Ronaldo joins Spain! Papers join April Fool spirit

Ronaldo joins Spain! British papers join April Fool spirit

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