Dec 18th, 2008 · There's an industry in Spain and Portugal that seems immune to the global recession: Renewable energy. With hardly any fossil fuel resources, both countries have invested heavily in alternatives in the last decade. The Iberian peninsula is home to some of the world's biggest renewable energy companies — and some are conquering the U.S. market.
Oct 17th, 2008 · Censored Colors, the latest from experimental rock foursome Portugal. The Man, is certainly a lot to digest in a single listen. Thankfully, the music on the Portland-based group's third full-length album in as many years is fascinating enough to warrant those repeated spins.
Jul 24th, 2008 · Karrin Allyson has a full career on the road and in the studio. This summer and fall, she's in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Europe, Turkey and all over the U.S. If you ask her where she started to put it together, she'll tell you it was in Kansas City. She performs from the Repertory Theater with her band.
May 30th, 2008 · The fishing fleets of Spain, Portugal and Great Britain have been tied up for weeks now, as workers protest the high cost of gasoline. Farmers and truck drivers are also protesting, reports NPR's Jerome Socolovsky from Madrid.
May 28th, 2008 · A trend toward synthetic stoppers has hurt the economy of Portugal, which produces more than half the world's cork. Now, a leading Portuguese cork maker has developed a process that inhibits cork taint, which can ruin a bottle of wine. Plus, cork is being touted as environmentally friendly.
Jan 3rd, 2008 · It didn't take long for Antonio Nunez to run into trouble at work this year. He leads Portugal's food standards agency. He's responsible for a new ban on smoking in many public places. It took effect with the New Year. And at a New Year's party, Nunez was seen lighting up in public.
Dec 10th, 2007 · Leaders of 80 European and African countries met this weekend in Lisbon, Portugal, for their first summit in seven years. The meeting, to forge new economic partnerships, was marred by lingering resentment over European colonialism, and by the presence of Zimbabwe's authoritarian leader, Robert Mugabe.
Nov 15th, 2007 · The former Portuguese colony of Macau has recently overtaken Las Vegas as the world's gambling capital. But Anthony Kuhn, who covers China and Northeast Asia, says visitors would be missing out if they dined only at swish new casinos.