PORTUGAL

Luis Montenegro, The Unlikely Champion Of Portugal's Right

Luis Montenegro arriving at his party's headquarters in Lisbon on Sunday
Luis Montenegro, whose centre-right party won Portugal's general election on Sunday according to exit polls, is a seasoned parliamentarian with no government experience who is perceived as honest and competent despite a lack of flair.

Women Train To Fight Fire With Fire In Portugal

In the hills above the town of Paredes de Coura, women set fire to thorny patches of scrubland which create grazing areas for livestock
Women from around the world gathered in northwest Portugal this week to practise a traditional technique of deliberately burning land to prevent the kind of wildfires -- intensified by climate change -- that have killed hundreds across Europe.
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