McCanns back in Portugal, gagging Amaral's book

The parents of missing toddler Madeline McCann are back in Portugal, for a one day trip to address some legal and PR matters:   "The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann have returned to Portugal together...

Hot Cristiano-Paris Frolic Is Off

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and hotel heiress Paris Hilton have ended their hot frolic.Both news makers have fallen out faster they fell in and swifter than the swine flu seizure sneeze.After dumping lover...

After Maastricht now Lisbon, the future of the EU is at stake

By, Uwe Paschen.The E.U. and its future.  I have always been a strong supporter of the EU and even of a European Central Government, however lately I started having my doubt about the whole matter and mainly...

Venezuela and Portugal signed 9 cooperation agreements

Caracas, Venezuela, 13 September 2008. This morning, nine cooperation agreements were penned at the governmental palace Miraflores. The agreements on agriculture, energy, health, industrial cooperation,...

LISBON TREATY. It's not over yet!

Two reports on the Lisbon Treaty, by Joe Noonan–[Joe Noonan is a partner in Noonan Linehan Carroll Coffey, Solicitors, Cork.   He was an expert witness on foreign and security policy in the landmark Crotty case (1987) in which the Supreme Court decided that the...

Barclays Bank policy of silence. A credit card fraud story.

Once upon a time in Portugal there was this big international bank, the Barclays Bank. And there was this Client, Pedro. Although a low budget Client, living in a place where Barclays Bank is frequently understood...

Irish protest Sarkozy visit

Hundreds protested in Dublin yesterday as French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Ireland. Demonstrators gathered outside government offices to protest comments made last week by Sarkozy that, in effect,...

Sarkozy in Dublin to understand Lisbon issues

The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, is returning home after meeting politicians and lobby groups for and against the Lisbon Treaty in Dublin.At a joint news conference with Mr Cowen at Government Buildings,...

Ferguson says Ronaldo is staying

So he's staying now."Ferguson says Ronaldo is staying Ronaldo is currently recovering from ankle surgery Manchester United manager Sir Alex...

Sarkozy aims to revive EU pact this year

In an important speech delivered yesterday in Strasbourg, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who assumed the French rotating EU presidency at the begining of the month, outlined the timeframe he envisions for...

Ronaldo set for ankle operation

Must be all those fancy step-overs he does."Ronaldo set for ankle operation Ronaldo has not returned to Man Utd since the end of the season ...

Wheeler to appeal over referendum

The millionaire Stuart Wheeler's Quixotic quest to force a referendum on the Lisbon reform treaty has been dealt a blow today as the High Court has rejected his legal challenge. His argument is that because the...

Celtic League - Victory for irish democracy and for people of Europe

  This from the Celtic League: A VICTORY FOR IRISH DEMOCRACY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE!Celtic League Convenor (and Chairman of the Irish Branch of the CelticLeague), Cathal Ó Luain has welcomed the result...

Sarkozy blames Mandelson for Irish 'No' vote in EU summit outburst

Nicolas Sarkozy has blamed the Irish voting 'no' in the EU treaty vote on Peter Mandelson, the current British Commissioner of the European Union for Trade. Sarkozy also blamed the world's starving children on...

Lisbon Treaty - Survey highlights strong No campaign

There is no doubting the fact that Irish people, in general, are in favour of EU membership which explains why the politicians were so shocked by the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. The Eurobarometer telephone...

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