POLITICS-PORTUGAL: The Right Returns to Power

The right has returned to the government in Portugal, after a six-year absence, winning an absolute majority in parliament in early legislative elections.

POLITICS-ANGOLA: Savimbi’s Death a Chance for Peace

The government of Angola is confident that it will "make rapid steps towards peace," following the death of rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, said Angolan President José Edoardo dos Santos in the Portuguese capital Monday.

RIGHTS-BURUNDI/EUROPE: Teacher Unites Politicians in Song of Peace

European lawmakers from across the ideological spectrum combined their voices in Portugal's parliament to sing a song of peace, at the request of schoolteacher Marguerite Burankitse, of Burundi, winner of the North-South Prize.

AGRICULTURE: Europe’s Granaries Overflow, But World Still Hungry

The European Union (EU) is accumulating grain reserves while a large portion of the world population suffers poverty and malnutrition, a problem that 42 of Europe's agriculture ministers agreed Friday to make a priority.

EU-INDIA: Special Dialogue Launched at First Regular Summit

India, a South Asian nuclear power with a population of one billion -- the world's single largest democratic nation -- has brought the select group of countries holding regular summits with the European Union (EU) to six.

EUROPEAN UNION: Banking Secrecy Out for Non-Residents

The 15 European Union (EU) heads of state agreed Tuesday in this Portuguese city to abolish banking secrecy for accounts belonging to non-residents as part of a package of measures to fight money laundering.

EUROPEAN UNION: Leaders Set 10-Year Goal to Surpass the US

The European Union (EU) will economically outshine the United States within 10 years, according to the goal set by the European bloc's three presidents and 15 prime ministers during a two-day meeting in the Portuguese capital.

POLITICS-ASIA: Portuguese Empire’s Days Are Numbered

The lowering of the Portuguese flag over the enclave of Macao in less than a month will mark the end of five centuries of European presence in Asia, a colonial period launched by the Portuguese themselves in 1498, with the conquest of western India.

HUMAN RIGHTS: Amnesty International Turns Spotlight on Impunity

Uprooting the impunity enjoyed by human rights violators throughout the world will be the central focus of the influential rights watchdog Amnesty International over the next four years.