Portugal News

New Zealand sports car driver Chris van der Drift is making steady progress in the International GT Open championship, and after just missing out in the last round in Portimao, Portugal, he is confident the top placings will come.

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.

Setting course for Centro de Portugal - an untapped region of outstanding natural beauty - Ollie McAteer unearths romance in Coimbra, becomes the sixth inhabitant of a schist village and meets a man who gambled everything to reach the top of the country.

Here is a translation of the prayer by which Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo, patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima the pontificate of Pope Francis.

What: A book signing of 'The Hitchhike' by attorney Mark Paul Smith of Fort Wayne When: 6 p.m. May 30 Where: Castle Gallery, 1202 W. Wayne St.

Spain and Portugal's premiers are meeting to discuss the economic turmoil plaguing their countries and the measures the European Union should take to ease the crisis.

By analyzing metabolites in the urine of expectant mothers, doctors could diagnose problems in pregnancy earlier than with current tests, according to a new study .

My son has left to go find work in Brazil. I have family there to look after him, but I miss him every day.

I work in local government on maps and other geographical information systems. I have 2 children a 6 year old boy and a 3 year old girl.

I have two daughters, one is 18 and one is 6. My wife has been unemployed for some time now.

JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association , Vol. 295, No. 15. , pp.

A 'macro' shot of the crescent Moon? Photographer Miguel Claro appears to be taking a closeup shot of the crescent Moon, with an added Earthshine effect.

JoA l Camathias has put together two nice drives in the two races of the International GT Open held in summer conditions at PortimA o, Portugal.

Many chess enthusiasts consider Alexander Alekhine as one of the best players in history.

Kate Simon is the Travel Correspondent of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.

Sounds of silence Corners of the Gold Coast in Lagos, situated in the Algarve region in southern Portugal.

I was a scientist for many years at Oxford University until I decided to move into scientific journalism and public understanding... We all know about people's personalities, and anyone with a dog or a cat will also tell you about their temperaments.

This webinar will present the perspectives of a software developer on the practicalities of building a high-quality Semantic-Web search service on existing data maintained in dozens of formats and software platforms at large, diverse institutions using Vivo, a semantic web application focused on discovering researchers and research publications in ... (more)

LISBON: Singapore has reaffirmed its warm relations with Portugal, following Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu's three-day visit to Lisbon.

Correspondence: Dr LA Helguero, Department of Chemistry, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santigo, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal.