Political system: parliamentary democracy
Capital: Lisbon
Total area: 92,090 square kilometres
Population: nearly 11 million
Main language: Portuguese
Currency: euro
Source: CIA/The World Factbook
13. Aug 2012 at 0:00 | Compiled by Spectator staff
Portugal: General facts
Political system: parliamentary democracyCapital: LisbonTotal area: 92,090 square kilometresPopulation: nearly 11 millionMain language: PortugueseCurrency: euroSource: CIA/The World Factbook
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Threats have worked. People queued for COVID testing before the official start
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Day two of pilot testing in hardest-hit regions is off to a smoother start
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No test, no work. Employees will have to take paid or unpaid leave
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- 1. Curfew and closed schools. Slovakia goes into a mild lockdown this weekend
- 2. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,890 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 3. Trails and tribulations: the important work of Slovakia’s unpaid hiking route markers
- 4. Threats have worked. People queued for COVID testing before the official start
- 5. Slovaks filmed drone video of the month
- 6. Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree
- 7. Day two of pilot testing in hardest-hit regions is off to a smoother start
- 8. Orava and Bardejov in the spotlight. Nationwide testing is go in four districts
- 9. No test, no work. Employees will have to take paid or unpaid leave
- 10. News digest: Curfew and testing is the Slovak-style lockdown
- 1. Curfew and closed schools. Slovakia goes into a mild lockdown this weekend
- 2. News digest: Curfew and testing is the Slovak-style lockdown
- 3. News digest: Lockdown not out of the question, PM Matovič says
- 4. Slovaks filmed drone video of the month
- 5. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,890 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 6. Antigen tests for nationwide testing arrived in Slovakia
- 7. Those who don't attend testing should stay in isolation
- 8. Nationwide testing - an ambitious plan with an uncertain result
- 9. No test, no work. Employees will have to take paid or unpaid leave
- 10. News digest: Testing is go, several MPs positive
- 1. Curfew and closed schools. Slovakia goes into a mild lockdown this weekend
- 2. Those who don't attend testing should stay in isolation
- 3. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,890 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 4. The state prepares nationwide coronavirus testing
- 5. Unauthorised protest against COVID-19 measures turns violent in Bratislava
- 6. News digest: Lockdown not out of the question, PM Matovič says
- 7. News digest: Curfew and testing is the Slovak-style lockdown
- 8. UPDATED: Nationwide testing will be secured by the army
- 9. Slovaks filmed drone video of the month
- 10. Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree