Posts Tagged ‘portuguese’

The Portugal closes its embassy in Iraq

January 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Lisbon decided to close its embassy in Baghdad because of insecurity and high financial costs in Iraq, confirmed Thursday the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Amado, in a statement.
He said he sent a message to his Iraqi counterpart ...

The Portuguese referendum in favor of the legalization of abortion

December 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Portuguese voters decided Sunday in a referendum to relax the strict legislation on abortion in the country, but the number of participants was not sufficient for the outcome of the referendum is legally binding.
Only 43.6% of the 8.7 million en...

Portuguese Prime Minister invites Chinese businessmen to invest in Portugal

November 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said Wednesday in Beijing that he wanted more and more Chinese businessmen to invest in Portugal because he believes his country can be a bridge for Chinese companies seeking access to European and African marke...

Portuguese PM begins visit to China

November 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates arrived here Tuesday for an official visit to China in five days.
Socrates will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao and meet with the chairman of the Standing Committee of National People...

Next visit to China from Portuguese Prime Minister

November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates will pay from January 30 to February 3 an official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Thursday the spokesman of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jiang Yu at d ‘...