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Portugal isUneasy

A little worse than usual

Last 14 days

Oct 20Nov 2

Why

  1. Protests spread in Portugal as police clashed with street protesters, detaining 13, and raided housing camps in Lisbon and Porto.

    18 eventsnewsweek.com, jowhar.com, latintimes.comSource

  2. Power cuts are planned across 11 areas of Portugal.

    8 eventstheportugalnews.comSource

  3. Portugal signed a €590 million aircraft deal with Greece.

    5 eventstheportugalnews.comSource

What happened

  • Statements19%
  • Cooperation57%
  • Criticism9%
  • Protests7%
  • Pressure4%
  • Fighting4%

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